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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English staff English overstaff From over- + staff.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To furnish with too many staff.
   • "Thankfully, we were overstaffed, both the day shift and evening shift," said Francis Englert of the Red Cross New York chapter. 2009 January 18, Jake Mooney, “Socks and Blankets, Courtesy of a Familiar Good Samaritan”, in New York Times:

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