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misstaffed

misstaffed is the simple past and past participle of misstaff.

Meaning of misstaff

Verb

misstaff (third-person singular simple present misstaffs, present participle misstaffing, simple past and past participle misstaffed)

  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

Questions about misstaffed

What is misstaffed the simple past and past participle of?
Misstaffed is the simple past and past participle of misstaff.

Words near misstaffed in the dictionary

  1. misstack
  2. misstacked
  3. misstacking
  4. misstacks
  5. misstaff
  6. misstaffed
  7. misstaffing
  8. misstaffs
  9. misstage
  10. misstaged
  11. misstages

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