overmanningn.
/ˌəʊvəˈmanɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈmænɪŋ/ The employment or provision of too many workers, etc.
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society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [noun] > staffing > overstaffing
overstaffing1879
overmanning1892
1892 Econ. Jrnl. 2 427 The over-manning of vessels required under the rules formulated by the maritime labour unions.
1921 Amer. Econ. Rev. 11 71 The annual working time can be raised only by deflating the swollen mine capacity—the overdevelopment and overmanning of the mines.
1975 Broadcast 28 July 4/1 The ACTT does not consider overmanning..to be a central issue in the financial problems confronting ITV.
1989 Containerisation Internat. Mar. 63/1 Costs and tariffs soared because of a lack in new facilities, general inefficiency and gross overmanning.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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