overhire
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He borrowed from Sequoia’s presentation and told the staff that Jive needed to conserve cash, make swift and deep cuts and invest based on results instead of ahead of them, as they had when they overhired."
- "“It is now clear to me that we over-hired,” he wrote. A Coinbase spokesman declined to comment."
Etymology
From over- + hire.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: over