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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of overstaff.

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Examples

  • So if we have a primary election without all these missing heads of the election department, hundreds of thousands of dollars of tax money I might add, doesn't that just prove what we have always known, how "overstaffed" King county government is?

    Sound Politics: Elections office in crisis; Deanron2 fails to materialize 2006

  • Lots more on this blog (including an 'overstaffed' newspaper and the Tony Ridder discussion), don't miss it.

    Behind the News: February 2003 liz donovan 2003

  • Lots more on this blog (including an 'overstaffed' newspaper and the Tony Ridder discussion), don't miss it.

    Archive 2003-02-01 liz donovan 2003

  • Much of his squad endured Benítez's constant requests for more funds to buy more players - hardly a way to inspire confidence - and then Hodgson's mixed messages, referring to his team as both "overstaffed" and under-resourced.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • It recommends the immediate appointment of a finance director followed by a thorough review of the business - particularly the "overstaffed" central support functions - and calls for greater cash discipline and more rigorous forecasting.

    Rss news feed for Morning Advertiser 2010

  • In that family settlement, Ranbaxy went to the eldest sibling, Parvinder, much of the real estate went to Bhai Manjit Singh, and Analjit was left with just an overstaffed factory at Okhla.

    Ranbaxy Heir's Future-Proof Strategy 2011

  • Locals believe they are being targeted by a force overstaffed for the territory.

    A Question of Law and Order Jim Carlton 2012

  • They value the flexibility of being able to tap extra workers during peak sales times without being overstaffed during lulls.

    Unemployed Workers Face Tough Competition: Underemployed 2011

  • In that family settlement, Ranbaxy went to the eldest sibling, Parvinder, much of the real estate went to Bhai Manjit Singh, and Analjit was left with just an overstaffed factory at Okhla.

    Ranbaxy Heir's Future-Proof Strategy 2011

  • In that family settlement, Ranbaxy went to the eldest sibling, Parvinder, much of the real estate went to Bhai Manjit Singh, and Analjit was left with just an overstaffed factory at Okhla.

    Ranbaxy Heir's Future-Proof Strategy 2011

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