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over-committed, a.
Brit. |ˌəʊvəkəˈmɪtɪd|, U.S. |ˈˌoʊvərkəˈmɪdɪd|
[‹ over- prefix + committed adj. Compare over-commit v. at over- prefix Affix 2b(a)(i).]
Having excessive commitments or obligations.
1818L. Hunt in Examiner 9 Aug. 506/2 Poor Drury-Lane Theatre, over-built, over-indebted, and over-committed. 1895Times 1 Mar. 4/3 The number of companies has greatly increased.., and as there is still a very wholesome disinclination to be over-committed in the matter of directorships, there has had to be a large addition to the number of men serving as directors. 1945Lima (Ohio) News 16 Feb. 11/4 The Japs cannot do much in the redistribution of their overcommitted forces to meet it. 1957Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 63 117/1 The role of informal and illegal practices as ‘adjustive mechanisms’ essential to the operation of an ‘overcontrolled, overcommitted and overcentralized’ system. 2002J. Kolberg & K. Nadeau ADD-friendly Ways to organize your Life vii. 72 The marriage had become increasingly strained as both she and her husband were overcommitted and chronically stressed. |