overcommitted

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adjective

Having committed too much of one's time or resources.

OriginEnglish committed ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
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Meanings

overcommitted1

adjectiveovercommitted (comparative more overcommitted, superlative most overcommitted)

comparative more overcommitted · superlative most overcommitted

  1. Having committed too much of one's time or resources.

    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.

    1958, Erik Erikson, Young Man Luther, page 43

overcommitted2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of overcommit

Origin

overcommitted · adjective

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishcommitted
  8. Englishovercommitted

From over- + committed.

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overcommitted · verb

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APA

overcommitted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcommitted

MLA

“overcommitted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcommitted. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overcommitted,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcommitted.

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