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overcommitted

overcommitted adjective: having committed too much of one's time or resources. Also the simple past and past participle of overcommit.

Adjective

overcommitted (comparative more overcommitted, superlative most overcommitted)

  1. Having committed too much of one's time or resources.
    • The crisis in such a young man's life may be reached exactly wheen he half-realizes that he is fatally overcommitted to what he is not.1958, Erik Erikson, Young Man Luther, page 43

Also used as

overcommitted is also the simple past and past participle of overcommit.

Forms of overcommitted

comparativemore overcommitted
superlativemost overcommitted

Origin of overcommitted

From over- + committed.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about overcommitted

What does overcommitted mean?
Overcommitted means having committed too much of one's time or resources.
What part of speech is overcommitted?
Overcommitted is an adjective.

Words near overcommitted in the dictionary

  1. overcommital
  2. overcommitment
  3. overcommitments
  4. overcommits
  5. overcommittal
  6. overcommitted
  7. overcommitter
  8. overcommitters
  9. overcommitting
  10. overcommon
  11. overcommunicate

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