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overstaff

/ˈoʊvɝˌstæf/ verb

To furnish with too many staff.

Word Origin Overstaff is a compound of over 'excessively' and staff, which originally meant a stick or pole—think of a staff you lean on. By extension, staff came to mean a group of assistants supporting an organization, so overstaffing is having too many of them. The same over- prefix appears in overdo, overlook, and overcome.

verb To furnish with too many staff.

The company tends to overstaff during peak seasons to handle increased demand.

(动词) 人员过剩；超编

公司在旺季往往会配备过多员工以应对增长的需求。

(verbo) Dotar de demasiado personal.

La empresa tiende a sobrecargar de personal durante las temporadas altas para manejar la mayor demanda.

(verbe) suroccuper en personnel; surdimensionner en personnel; gonfler les effectifs [Doter d'un personnel trop nombreux.]

L'entreprise a tendance à embaucher un personnel excessif pendant les saisons de pointe pour faire face à la demande accrue.

(Verb) überbesetzen; mit zu viel Personal ausstatten [Mit zu vielen Mitarbeitern ausstatten, sodass die Belegschaft über das notwendige Maß hinausgeht.]

Das Unternehmen neigt dazu, in der Hochsaison zu **overstaff**, um die erhöhte Nachfrage zu bewältigen.

(動詞) 必要以上に多くの人員を配置する

その会社は、需要の増加に対応するため、繁忙期には人員を過剰配置する傾向がある。

(verbo) superlotar de pessoal; sobrecarregar de pessoal [Fornecer pessoal demais.]

A empresa tende a **superlotar o quadro de funcionários** durante as temporadas de pico para lidar com a demanda aumentada.

Synonyms: overhire overman overemploy overstaff Antonyms: understaff underhire reduce staff
Word parts: over + staff

Related words

staffer understaffed

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