1. having more employees or workers than necessary

Examples

• The department was overstaffed and needed to reduce its workforce.
• Many companies found themselves overstaffed after the merger.
• The restaurant seemed overstaffed with too many servers for so few customers.
• Budget cuts were necessary because the office was clearly overstaffed.
• The overstaffed hospital had to lay off several nurses.
• Management realized the project team was overstaffed and reassigned some members.