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From the law firm's perspective, billing by the hour has a certain appeal: it shifts risk from the firm to the client in case the work takes longer than expected. But from a client's perspective, it doesn't work so well. It gives lawyers an incentive to overstaff and to overresearch cases.
Robert Pozen

Meaning of "overstaff" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERSTAFF

overstaff  [ˌəʊvəˈstɑːf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERSTAFF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overstaff is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb overstaff in English.

WHAT DOES OVERSTAFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overstaff in the English dictionary

The definition of overstaff in the dictionary is to provide an excessive number of staff for.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OVERSTAFF

PRESENT

Present
I overstaff
you overstaff
he/she/it overstaffs
we overstaff
you overstaff
they overstaff
Present continuous
I am overstaffing
you are overstaffing
he/she/it is overstaffing
we are overstaffing
you are overstaffing
they are overstaffing
Present perfect
I have overstaffed
you have overstaffed
he/she/it has overstaffed
we have overstaffed
you have overstaffed
they have overstaffed
Present perfect continuous
I have been overstaffing
you have been overstaffing
he/she/it has been overstaffing
we have been overstaffing
you have been overstaffing
they have been overstaffing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I overstaffed
you overstaffed
he/she/it overstaffed
we overstaffed
you overstaffed
they overstaffed
Past continuous
I was overstaffing
you were overstaffing
he/she/it was overstaffing
we were overstaffing
you were overstaffing
they were overstaffing
Past perfect
I had overstaffed
you had overstaffed
he/she/it had overstaffed
we had overstaffed
you had overstaffed
they had overstaffed
Past perfect continuous
I had been overstaffing
you had been overstaffing
he/she/it had been overstaffing
we had been overstaffing
you had been overstaffing
they had been overstaffing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will overstaff
you will overstaff
he/she/it will overstaff
we will overstaff
you will overstaff
they will overstaff
Future continuous
I will be overstaffing
you will be overstaffing
he/she/it will be overstaffing
we will be overstaffing
you will be overstaffing
they will be overstaffing
Future perfect
I will have overstaffed
you will have overstaffed
he/she/it will have overstaffed
we will have overstaffed
you will have overstaffed
they will have overstaffed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been overstaffing
you will have been overstaffing
he/she/it will have been overstaffing
we will have been overstaffing
you will have been overstaffing
they will have been overstaffing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would overstaff
you would overstaff
he/she/it would overstaff
we would overstaff
you would overstaff
they would overstaff
Conditional continuous
I would be overstaffing
you would be overstaffing
he/she/it would be overstaffing
we would be overstaffing
you would be overstaffing
they would be overstaffing
Conditional perfect
I would have overstaff
you would have overstaff
he/she/it would have overstaff
we would have overstaff
you would have overstaff
they would have overstaff
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been overstaffing
you would have been overstaffing
he/she/it would have been overstaffing
we would have been overstaffing
you would have been overstaffing
they would have been overstaffing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you overstaff
we let´s overstaff
you overstaff
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to overstaff
Past participle
overstaffed
Present Participle
overstaffing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERSTAFF


broomstaff
ˈbruːmˌstɑːf
cenotaph
ˈsɛnəˌtɑːf
Clontarf
klɒnˈtɑːf
cowlstaff
ˈkaʊlˌstɑːf
distaff
ˈdɪstɑːf
epitaph
ˈɛpɪˌtɑːf
flagstaff
ˈflæɡstɑːf
handstaff
ˈhændˌstɑːf
pikestaff
ˈpaɪkˌstɑːf
ploughstaff
ˈplaʊˌstɑːf
plowstaff
ˈplaʊˌstɑːf
quarterstaff
ˈkwɔːtəˌstɑːf
restaff
ˌriːˈstɑːf
staff
stɑːf
tipstaff
ˈtɪpˌstɑːf
waitstaff
ˈweɪtˌstɑːf
whipstaff
ˈwɪpˌstɑːf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERSTAFF

overspread
overstaffed
overstaffing
overstain
overstand
overstare
overstate
overstatement
overstay
overstay one´s welcome
overstayer
oversteer
overstep
overstepped
overstepping
overstimulate
overstimulation
overstink
overstir
overstock

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERSTAFF

Chief of Staff
counter staff
domestic staff
general staff
ground staff
half-staff
headquarters staff
hotel staff
Jacob´s staff
Joint Chiefs of Staff
level staff
levelling staff
managerial staff
member of staff
nonteaching staff
pastoral staff
skeleton staff
teaching staff
telesales staff

Synonyms and antonyms of overstaff in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overstaff» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERSTAFF

Find out the translation of overstaff to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overstaff from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overstaff» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

超编
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overstaff
570 millions of speakers

English

overstaff
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overstaff
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

overstaff
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

overstaff
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

overstaff
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overstaff
260 millions of speakers

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overstaff
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kelebihan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Überbelegung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

overstaff
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

overstaff
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overstaff
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

overstaff
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overstaff
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओव्हरस्टॅफ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

overstaff
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overstaff
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

overstaff
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

overstaff
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overstaff
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

overstaff
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

veel personeel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overstaff
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overstaff
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overstaff

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERSTAFF»

The term «overstaff» is used very little and occupies the 189.674 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERSTAFF» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overstaff

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QUOTES WITH «OVERSTAFF»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word overstaff.
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Robert Pozen
From the law firm's perspective, billing by the hour has a certain appeal: it shifts risk from the firm to the client in case the work takes longer than expected. But from a client's perspective, it doesn't work so well. It gives lawyers an incentive to overstaff and to overresearch cases.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERSTAFF»

Discover the use of overstaff in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overstaff and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rural Development in Transitional China: The New Agriculture
From Table 1, we can see that the township charged directly the village 27,814 yuan of fees as 'administrative fee of xiangzhen\ This item of tanpai is devoted to the salaries of the 'temporary employed persons' (overstaff). If we make a ...
Peter Ho, Jan Jacob Karl Eyferth, Eduard B. Vermeer, 2004
2
China Review 1993
Overstaff. Reduction. —. Organizational. Streamlining. and. Reshuffling. Given the current emphasis on organizational streamlining and further civil service reforms in 1993 and beyond, a thorough understanding of the limitations and the  ...
Maurice Brosseau, Joseph Cheng Yu-shek, 1993
3
Effective Succession Planning: Ensuring Leadership ...
... workers from which to choose future leaders. In previous decades, labor in the United States was plentiful and taken for granted. Managers had the leisure to groom and test employees for advancement over long time spans and to overstaff  ...
William J. ROTHWELL, 2010
4
The Rise of Legal Services Outsourcing: Risk and Opportunity
Have the LSO provider overstaff the project to mitigate turnover risks Transitioning work to an LSO provider requires a significant amount of knowledge transfer upfront. Clients only want to do this expensive and time- consuming training once.
Mary Lacity, Andrew Burgess, Leslie Willcocks, 2014
5
Inside: A Top G-Man Exposes Spies, Lies, and Bureaucratic ...
I continued trying to walk the tightrope between Starr's office and both Casey and Holmes and to ensure that I had adequate resources to meet my own escalating investigative needs. I asked Deputy Director Weldon Kennedy to overstaff my ...
Smith Smith, 2004
6
Washington, Westminster, and Whitehall
But my answer is that Britain lacks the qualified people, the money, and the ethos to overstaff. It is much more likely to err on the side of too few staff than too many. There is something between anorexia and obesity. Britain can do much better ...
Walter Williams, 1988
7
The Locksley Nightclub, Bar, and Restaurant Security Handbook
Any time you are expecting a particularly young crowd, overstaff security. You may also want to staff extra doormen to help deal with the lower maturity, prevent altercations, and increase the circumspection of lD checking. You may also want to ...
Robert A. McManus, Sean M. O'Toole, Kathryn M. Gainey, 1995
8
Planning and Budgeting for the Agile Enterprise: A ...
Similarly a departmental manager should be under no obligation to provide the exact amount of resource that a model predicts. They may wish to overstaff by a few percentage points to allow for unplanned absences, training and holidays, and ...
Richard Barrett, 2007
9
Spell Read Write & Grammar
... overburden, overrule, oversaving, oversea, oversell, overshot, oversight, oversleep, overspend, overstaff, overstate, overstock, overstress, oversupply, overtake, overtax, overthrow, housewife, iceberg, jackpot, journeyman, keyboard, keypad, ...
I.P.Attarde
10
Management Engineering: A Guide to Best Practices for ...
Summary of Shift Scheduling Efficiency by Alternative Shift Lengths Allowed Total FTEs Needed Overstaff Hours Understaff Hours FTEs over per Year Number of Different Shifts Current State (four 8-hour shifts) 19.0 37 9 4.63 4 8-hour shifts ...
Jean Ann Larson, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERSTAFF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overstaff is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Trampoline parks operate with few regulations
The Holloways said they make it a practice to “overstaff” their park with court marshals to ensure a safe environment and have first-aid trained ... «The Augusta Chronicle, Jul 15»
2
Regional businesses thrive with offshore staffing
Offshoring allows you to overstaff in order to deliver faster service to clients. With higher margins and profit, smart firms frequently return a ... «SmartCompany.com.au, Jul 15»
3
BMW dealership prepares to open doors
"With a new dealership, you don't want to overstaff. As time goes on, we'll get up to what we need." The building is wired for the modern smart ... «The Kingston Whig-Standard, Jul 15»
4
Government tackles disparity between civil, private wages
Do you mean that if we continue to overstaff Government offices, the State budget won't be able to afford to raise salaries? I think so. In 2015 ... «Viet Nam News, Jun 15»
5
Montague deserves answers, if not solutions, to ER
Is it fair to ask the provincial government to overstaff hospitals year-round to accommodate these times of staffing shortages – especially when ... «The Guardian Charlottetown, May 15»
6
Summer Jobs in Short Supply for Local High School Students
"We can't hire everybody that comes to us in the summer, and we have to limit the number of 15 year-olds because we can't overstaff with that ... «WJHG-TV, May 15»
7
Railway regulator required for private participation, says Suresh …
We have increased operations so where is the overstaff? We are not overstaffed". On Wi-fi service at rail premises, he said a plan is afoot to ... «Business Today, May 15»
8
Onamia Schools: Community weighs in on budget cuts
... but they have to make sure not to overstaff. In past years, the board has passed a resolution authorizing the administration to propose cuts, ... «Aitkin Independent Age, Apr 15»
9
Straight Strip Shredder Vs. Cross-Cut Shredder
Papershredder with overstaff basket (Photo: Rallef, Getty Images/iStockphoto). 15 CONNECT 1 TWEET 1 LINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. «WFMY News 2, Apr 15»
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Google realises the core process is not search or innovation but …
When start-ups over-anticipate growth, they overstaff. Imagine if you are a firm with 100 smart people, and you hire 400 more smart people. «Business Standard, Apr 15»

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