overprogrammed

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of overprogram
2. participlepastsimple past and past participle of overprogramme

comparative more overprogrammed · superlative most overprogrammed

1. Given a programme or schedule of too many activities.

   “The one nice thing about being the most overprogrammed middle-school kid in America was that doing nothing felt like a special treat,” Winerip writes.

   2008 March 16, Rich Cohen, “All the Principal’s Men”, in New York Times

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   Because they are such ready joiners and such eager participants, children in the intermediate years can easily become overprogrammed. How many activities constitute enough and how many are too many?

   1982, James Andrew Kenny, Mary Kenny, Whole-life parenting