overmanning

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o·ver·man

(ō′vər-mən)

1. A person having authority over others, especially an overseer or a shift supervisor.

2. (ō′vər-măn′) See superman.

tr.v. (ō′vər-măn′) o·ver·manned, o·ver·man·ning, o·ver·mans

To provide with more personnel than necessary.

[N., sense 2, translation of German Übermensch : über, over, higher + Mensch, man.]

overmanning

(ˌəʊvəˈmænɪŋ)

the act of supplying with an excessive number of men

Translations

overmanning

[ˌəʊvəˈmænɪŋ] N → exceso m de mano de obra

overmanning

[ˌəʊvə^rˈmænɪŋ] n → sureffectif m

overmanning

[ˌəʊvəˈmænɪŋ] n → esubero di manodopera

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That will inevitably lead to overmanning, inefficiency and loss-making which will take us back to the 1970s when the taxpayers had to bail out nationalised industries every year to stop them from going broke.

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Call me a cynic but isn't this the sort of scenario that suggests a degree of overmanning which, when identified at other levels within the council, has prompted these very same managers to implement a programme of redundancy?

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I AM sick and tired of people screaming about these necessary cuts while ignoring the fact that they have become very essential due to: overmanning, very high sickness and absentee levels and gross inefficiency.