冗じょう員いん

noun

supernumerary; excess personnel; surplus staff

Refers to staff members beyond what is needed; often used in organizational or business contexts.

• 不ふ況きょうで会かい社しゃは冗じょう員いんを削さく減げんせざるを得えなかった。

  Due to the recession, the company had to cut excess personnel.

noun

useless staff; deadwood

Only when written 冗員

Carries a stronger negative nuance, implying the staff are not just surplus but also unproductive or unnecessary. Often written as 冗員.

• 彼かれは会かい社しゃで冗じょう員いん扱あつかいされ、重じゅう要ような仕し事ごとを任まかされなかった。

  He was treated as deadwood in the company and was not entrusted with important work.