Meanings
verboverstaff (third-person singular simple present overstaffs, present participle overstaffing, simple past and past participle overstaffed)
present singular third person overstaffs · participle present overstaffing · participle past overstaffed · past overstaffed
- transitiveTo furnish with too many staff.
"Thankfully, we were overstaffed, both the day shift and evening shift," said Francis Englert of the Red Cross New York chapter.
2009 January 18, Jake Mooney, “Socks and Blankets, Courtesy of a Familiar Good Samaritan”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishstaff
- Englishoverstaff
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APA
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MLA
“overstaff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overstaff. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overstaff,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overstaff.
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