overstaff

British

/ ˌəʊvəˈstɑːf /

verb

(tr) to provide an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)

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Leah Koch-Blumhardt, director of communications and one of its fourth-generation owners, said the company used to overstaff but not this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

It gives lawyers an incentive to overstaff and to overresearch cases.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2012

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