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misstaffing

misstaffing is the present participle and gerund 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 misstaffing

What is misstaffing the present participle and gerund of?
Misstaffing is the present participle and gerund of misstaff.

Words near misstaffing in the dictionary

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

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