misstaff

present singular third person misstaffs · participle present misstaffing · participle past misstaffed · past misstaffed

1. To staff inappropriately, to hire for the wrong types of positions.

   In our auditing experience, cases routinely are overstaffed, misstaffed, and left with staffing patterns that have come to be inappropriate.

   1990, Litigation Management Supercourse, page 245

   2 more examples

   They receive their funds and staff from the county, however, and there is a possibility that a LAFC might be made a "shell" by underappropriation or misstaffing by a county which wished to sabotage its operation.

   1967, David Lee Peterson, The Planned Community and the New Investors, page 52

   In the view of the team, the park was "misstaffed." Navajo had too many staff members with high General Schedule ( GS ) ratings, and an insufficient number to perform technical and non-professional duties.

   1983, Southwest Cultural Resources Center Professional Papers, page 24