overstaffv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈstɑːf/,

/ˌəʊvəˈstaf/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈstæf/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, staff v.

Etymology: < over- prefix + staff v. Compare slightly earlier overstaffed adj.

transitive. To employ too many staff in (an enterprise, business, workplace, etc.). Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [verb (transitive)] > provide with staff > overstaff

overstaff1879

overman1899

1879 Times 26 Dec. 10/3 In no case should the schools..be allowed to be overstaffed beyond the scale of the Board.

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 25 Sept. 2/2 The managers, demoralized by great expectations, also over-staffed the executive.

1953 Times 7 May 4/6 A total disciplined staff of 74 officers which, even if they were all available, would not overstaff them [sc. the prisons].

1976 Listener 29 Jan. 114/2 There is an inclination, in a lot of theatres that are subsidised, to overstaff in terms of the non-doers-administrators, artistic advisers.

2001 Daily News Record (U.S.) (Nexis) 26 Aug. 82 Everyone was focusing on the negatives—like how we had to overstaff the place to service it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	overstaff
释义	overstaffv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈstɑːf/, /ˌəʊvəˈstaf/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈstæf/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, staff v. Etymology: < over- prefix + staff v. Compare slightly earlier overstaffed adj. transitive. To employ too many staff in (an enterprise, business, workplace, etc.). Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [verb (transitive)] > provide with staff > overstaff overstaff1879 overman1899 1879 Times 26 Dec. 10/3 In no case should the schools..be allowed to be overstaffed beyond the scale of the Board. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 25 Sept. 2/2 The managers, demoralized by great expectations, also over-staffed the executive. 1953 Times 7 May 4/6 A total disciplined staff of 74 officers which, even if they were all available, would not overstaff them [sc. the prisons]. 1976 Listener 29 Jan. 114/2 There is an inclination, in a lot of theatres that are subsidised, to overstaff in terms of the non-doers-administrators, artistic advisers. 2001 Daily News Record (U.S.) (Nexis) 26 Aug. 82 Everyone was focusing on the negatives—like how we had to overstaff the place to service it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1879
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