Definition of overcommit in English:
overcommit
verbovercommitting, overcommitted, overcommitsəʊvəkəˈmɪtˌōvərkəˈmit
[with object]1Oblige (someone) to do more than they are capable of, especially to repay a loan they cannot afford.
multiple borrowers who may be overcommitting themselves
Example sentencesExamples
- When businesses are not sure of what's happening, they want to hold onto their cash and not overcommit on space they won't need.
- According to North Carolina researchers, you overcommit because you expect to have more time in the future than you do in the present.
- I'm already overcommitted with books I've agreed to read and blurb and introductions I've agreed to write going back some years.
- Before you overcommit to others, take care of yourself.
- I think they have overcommitted the force and not provided sufficient resources.
- 1.1 Allocate more (resources) to a purpose than can be provided.
they could easily overcommit their budgets
Derivatives
noun
Totally insane overcommitments knocked it out for a time.
Example sentencesExamples
- I think my biggest struggle has been caused by overcommitments and my previous lack of time-management skills.
- Isolationists killed the measure as an overcommitment of American power and prestige.
- They overinvested in something that was a good idea for a long time, and once it became a bad idea, they couldn't see it - the overcommitment cost them the period of innovation.