over-committedadj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəkəˈmɪtᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈˌoʊvərkəˈmɪdᵻd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, committed adj.

Etymology: < over- prefix + committed adj. Compare over-commit vb. at over- prefix 2b(a)(i).

Having excessive commitments or obligations.

ΚΠ

1818 L. Hunt in Examiner 9 Aug. 506/2 Poor Drury-Lane Theatre, over-built, over-indebted, and over-committed.

1895 Times 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.

1945 Lima (Ohio) News 16 Feb. 11/4 The Japs cannot do much in the redistribution of their overcommitted forces to meet it.

1957 Amer. 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.

2002 J. 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.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	over-committed
释义	over-committedadj. Brit. /ˌəʊvəkəˈmɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərkəˈmɪdᵻd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, committed adj. Etymology: < over- prefix + committed adj. Compare over-commit vb. at over- prefix 2b(a)(i). Having excessive commitments or obligations. ΚΠ 1818 L. Hunt in Examiner 9 Aug. 506/2 Poor Drury-Lane Theatre, over-built, over-indebted, and over-committed. 1895 Times 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. 1945 Lima (Ohio) News 16 Feb. 11/4 The Japs cannot do much in the redistribution of their overcommitted forces to meet it. 1957 Amer. 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. 2002 J. 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. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1818
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