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overhires

overhires is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 overhires

What is overhires the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overhires is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overhire.

Words near overhires in the dictionary

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

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