misstaff

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ staff

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.
   • 1967, David Lee Peterson, The Planned Community and the New Investors, page 52:

     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.

   • 1983, Southwest Cultural Resources Center Professional Papers, page 24:

     In the view of the team, the park was "misstaffed." Navajo had too many staff members with high General Schedule ( GS ) ratings, and an insufficient number to perform technical and non-professional duties.

   • 1990, Litigation Management Supercourse, page 245:

     In our auditing experience, cases routinely are overstaffed, misstaffed, and left with staffing patterns that have come to be inappropriate.