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
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