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misstaff en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + staff.

Meanings

1. To staff inappropriately, to hire for the wrong types of positions.
   • They receive their funds and staff from the county, however, and there is a possibility that a LAFC might be made a "shell" by underappropriation or misstaffing by a county which wished to sabotage its operation. 1967, David Lee Peterson, The Planned Community and the New Investors, page 52:
   • In our auditing experience, cases routinely are overstaffed, misstaffed, and left with staffing patterns that have come to be inappropriate. 1990, Litigation Management Supercourse, page 245:
   • In the view of the team, the park was "misstaffed." Navajo had too many staff members with high General Schedule ( GS ) ratings, and an insufficient number to perform technical and non-professional duties. 1983, Southwest Cultural Resources Center Professional Papers, page 24:

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