Definition of Overcommitment

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcommitment

overcome
overcomer
overcomers
overcomes
overcomest
overcometh
overcoming
overcomingly
overcomings
overcommercialization
overcommercialize
overcommercialized
overcommercializes
overcommercializing
overcommit
overcommitment (current term)
overcommitments
overcommits
overcommitted
overcommitting
overcommunicate
overcommunicated
overcommunicates
overcommunicating
overcommunication
overcompensate
overcompensated
overcompensates
overcompensating
overcompensation

Literary usage of Overcommitment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dollars and Sense of Command and Control by Raymond C. Bjorklund (1995)
"... force elements that could be employed elsewhere.37 In retrospect, Operation Urgent Fury may have comprised just such an overcommitment of forces. ..."

2. Future Visions for U.S. Defense Policy: Four Alternatives Presented as by John Hillen (1998)
"... Takes full advantage of multilateral cooperation and keeps the United States involved in peacekeeping-type operations without overcommitment; ..."

3. Flexibility in Natural Gas Supply and Demand by Sylvie Cornot-Gandolphe, Ralf Dickel, International Energy Agency (2002)
"The second is intended to bridge differences in demand pattern between purchasers. It generally occurs when there is an overcommitment to take or pay or ..."

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