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overcommit

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To make excessive commitments, either beyond one's ability or beyond what is reasonable
    Don't overcommit yourself this month.
  2. noun Allocation of more resources than are actually available.

Similar words

overcontribute overexpand overdo go overboard overreach overextend overfill overcompensate overcapacitate overlend

Often followed by

to themselves yourself and the himself ourselves myself its

Word family

overcommitment overcommitments overcommits overcommitted overcommitting

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