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Definition of Overmanned
1. overman [v] - See also: overman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overmanned
Literary usage of Overmanned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Budgetary System by Harold Garrison Villard, Westel Woodbury Willoughby, Frederick Albert Cleveland (1918)
"The public service is overmanned to a remarkable degree and on account of this
overmanning, of inefficient organization, of duplication and other kinds of ..."
2. Minutes of Evidence by Canada Royal Commission on Civil Service, Royal Commission on Civil Service, Canada, J. W. Nelligan (1908)
"Q. The service at Winnipeg is rather overmanned than undermanned?—A. We have a
larger staff than is really necessary if we had more competent men. ..."
3. Minutes of Evidence by Canada Royal Commission on Civil Service (1908)
"Q. Are you overmanned in the train service?—A. It is not possible for us to be
overmanned in the train service, because the men are only paid while they ..."
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