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overhired

overhired is the simple past and past participle of overhire.

Meaning of overhire

Verb

overhire (third-person singular simple present overhires, present participle overhiring, simple past and past participle overhired)

  1. (intransitive) To hire too many employees.
    • He borrowed from Sequoia’s presentation and told the staff that Jive needed to conserve cash, make swift and deep cuts and invest based on results instead of ahead of them, as they had when they overhired.2009 April 8, Claire Cain Miller, “Start-Up Gets Course in Survival”, in New York Times

Questions about overhired

What is overhired the simple past and past participle of?
Overhired is the simple past and past participle of overhire.

Words near overhired in the dictionary

  1. overhied
  2. overhigh
  3. overhighly
  4. overhip
  5. overhire
  6. overhired
  7. overhires
  8. overhiring
  9. overhit
  10. overhits
  11. overhitting

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