overstaffedadj.

1877 Aberdeen Jrnl. 17 May 4/4 The published information regarding our schools led me to remark that were this application granted, Old Aberdeen School would be relatively overstaffed.

1933 Social Forces 12 277/2 After transferring..excess employees from over-staffed to new and under-staffed departments, 27 employees were dismissed for whom places could not be found.

1956 T. Beecham in Times 27 June 11/5 I have indicated elsewhere what are the necessary and fitting alternatives to this present overgrown, over-staffed, and over-confident musical machine.

1993 J. Kay Found. Corporate Success xix. 304 British Airways..was notoriously overstaffed—it was the largest airline in the world judged by number of employees, but by no other criterion.

2003 Foreign Affairs May 107 Only half of these jobs were in the formal sector, moreover, and many of these were in overstaffed and loss-producing State Economic Enterprises.