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overcommit
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o·ver·com·mit  (vr-k-mt)
v. o·ver·com·mit·ted, o·ver·com·mit·ting, o·ver·com·mits
v.tr.
1. To bind or obligate (oneself, for example) beyond the capacity for realization.
2. To allocate or apportion (money, goods, or resources) in amounts incapable of replacement.
v.intr.
To be or become overcommitted.

over·com·mitment n.

overcommit [ˌəʊvəkəˈmɪt]
vb -mits, -mitting, -mitted
(tr) to promise, undertake, or allocate more than the available resources justify
Translations
overcommit [ˌəʊvəkəˈmɪt] VT to overcommit o.s (financially) → contraer cargas financieras en exceso; (at work) → comprometerse a trabajar más de lo que se puede


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One of the key dilemmas facing the United States will be that of balancing its enlarging interests and growing involvements with its need to avoid overcommitments and entangling involvements in unresolvable situations.
Through mismanagement, inflated revenue projections and overcommitments, the MTA is in a fiscal sinkhole.
 
 
 
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