OVERMANNED

Meaning of OVERMANNED in English

/ ˌəʊvəˈmænd; NAmE ˌoʊvərˈm-/ adjective

( of a company, office, etc. ) having more workers than are needed

SYN overstaffed

OPP undermanned

► over·man·ning / ˌəʊvəˈmænɪŋ; NAmE ˌoʊvərˈm-/ noun [ U ]:

the problems of overmanning in industry

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

OVERMANNED — adj. having too many people for a specific job or duty
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OVERMANNED — See main entry: ↑ overmanning
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OVERMANNED — If you say that a place or an industry is overmanned , you mean that you think there are more …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OVERMANNED — If you say that a place or an industry is ~, you mean that you think there are more people …
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OVERMANNED — [adjective] - See at overstaffed
Cambridge English vocab
OVERMAN — n. /oh"veuhr meuhn/ for 1, /oh"veuhr man'/ for 2; v. /oh'veuhr man"/ , n. , pl. overmen /-meuhn/ for 1; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROMANIA, FLAG OF — vertically striped blue-yellow-red national flag. Its width-to-length ratio is approximately 2 to 3. In 1834 the Ottoman government recognized local …
Britannica English vocabulary
UNDERMANNED — / ˌʌndəˈmænd; NAmE -dərˈm-/ adjective ( of a hospital, factory, etc. ) not having enough people working in order to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OVERSTAFFED — / ˌəʊvəˈstɑːft; NAmE ˌoʊvərˈstæft/ adjective ( of a company, office, etc. ) having more workers than are needed SYN overmanned …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OVERMANNING — ➡ overmanned
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OVERMANNING — o ‧ ver ‧ man ‧ ning /ˌəʊvəˈmænɪŋ $ ˌoʊvər-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] a situation in which a company, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PEN-PUSHER — also penpusher ( pen-pushers) If you call someone a pen-pusher , you mean that their work consists of writing or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PEN-PUSHER — also penpusher (~s) If you call someone a ~, you mean that their work consists of writing or dealing with …
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REGIME — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a totalitarian state/regime an exercise programme/routine/regime British English , an exercise program American English (= …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OVERSTAFFED — overmanned [adjective] - having more employees than are neededThe department has been accused of being inefficient and hugely overstaffed.
Cambridge English vocab
UNDERMANNED — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: SHORTHANDED , underhanded, understaffed Antonyms: overmanned
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SHORTHANDED — adj. Function: adjective short of the necessary number of people FF1C; the office was critically shorthanded FF1E; Synonyms: underhanded, undermanned, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
UNDERMANNED — adjective Synonyms: shorthanded , underhanded, understaffed Antonyms: overmanned
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHORTHANDED — adjective short of the necessary number of people the office was critically shorthanded Synonyms: underhanded, undermanned, understaffed Related Word: short, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary

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