overcommitted

overcommitted

English

Etymology 1

    From over- + committed.

    Adjective

    overcommitted (comparative more overcommitted, superlative most overcommitted)

    1. Having committed too much of one's time or resources.
      • 1958, Erik Erikson, Young Man Luther, page 43:
        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.

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    overcommitted

    1. simple past and past participle of overcommit