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overhiring

overhiring is the present participle and gerund 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 overhiring

What is overhiring the present participle and gerund of?
Overhiring is the present participle and gerund of overhire.

Words near overhiring in the dictionary

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

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