overstaff

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ staff.

Verb

overstaff (third-person singular simple present overstaffs, present participle overstaffing, simple past and past participle overstaffed)

1. (transitive) To furnish with too many staff.
   • 2009 January 18, Jake Mooney, “Socks and Blankets, Courtesy of a Familiar Good Samaritan”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     "Thankfully, we were overstaffed, both the day shift and evening shift," said Francis Englert of the Red Cross New York chapter.

Related terms

• understaff