OVEREXTENDED


Meaning of OVEREXTENDED in English

adjective

1. : extended or expanded beyond a safe, proper, or reasonable point

found it overextended and wordy — Philip Hamburger

this elaborate, overextended vaudeville show — Newsweek

2. : spread too thinly or over too large an area for safety

attacked and routed the overextended German divisions

pulled back from positions of weakness where we were overextended — Walter Lippmann

3. : carrying or assuming liabilities, commitments, or risks beyond capacity or what is safe

a speculator overextended in the market

overextended accounts

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.