Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To bind or obligate (oneself, for example) beyond the capacity for realization.
- v. To allocate or apportion (money, goods, or resources) in amounts incapable of replacement.
- v. To be or become overcommitted.
Wiktionary
- v. To make excessive commitments, either beyond one's ability or beyond what is reasonable
- n. Allocation of more resources than are actually available.
Examples
“This is in contrast to some other OSes like Linux, which can "overcommit"; they can allocate more memory to applications than they actually have available to them.”
“Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, cautioned Pakistan not to "overcommit" itself to the deal because it could run afoul of new sanctions against Iran being finalized by Congress.”
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“overcommit" itself to the deal because it could run afoul of new sanctions against Iran being finalized by Congress.”
“Zina Saunders It's hard to deny the virtues of this approach: It does not overcommit the West, either militarily or financially; it stems the bloodletting even if it doesn't halt it; and it asks the Libyans to win their own freedom.”
“Somehow that gave me permission not to overcommit, that the sky wasn't going to fall down on me, etc., if I didn't do a promotional media event.”
“He's scored the majority of his six power-play tallies with one-timers from the left faceoff dot, and it will be a challenge for the Caps 'penalty kill to try to prevent that while not leaving any of the Lightning's other offensive weapons from burning them should they overcommit to Stamkos's side of the ice.”
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“Now in my 50's I don't want to overcommit--I do it sometimes, but it feels like...um...smoking last night's cigarette that you rolled, and it was great, and you didn't smoke it all...but come the morning, it's about as unappetizing as complulsive over commitment!”
“And so they could overspend, overcommit and overextend the military, and it would all turn out fine.”
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“But he tends to get overaggressive and has a tendency to overcommit himself.”
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“However, sometimes they have a tendency to overcommit, which can hamper their attempts at relaxation.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘overcommit’.
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above; upper; superior; eminent
overbearing, overrate, overshoot, overwhelm, overexert, overachiever, overact, overadjust, overambitious, overanalyze, overarching, overbooked and 42 more...
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