Definition of Overcommitments

1. overcommitment [n] - See also: overcommitment

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcommitments

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

Literary usage of Overcommitments

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

1. U.S.-Japan Strategic Reciprocity: A Neo-Internationalist View by Edward A. Olsen (1985)
"... by the excitement and pressures of the moment to make what were apparently overcommitments. In any event, there is no sign that Japanese leaders ever ..."

2. Soviet Strategy in Southern Africa: Gorbachev's Pragmatic Approach by Peter Vanneman (1990)
"However, it is carefully tailored to avoid major overcommitments like the leveling up inherent in CMEA membership. Moscow recognizes that this development ..."

3. Getting Fit Your Way: A Self-paced Fitness Guide (1993)
"... help patients develop an effective self-management program that sets out achievable goals, realistically paces activities, and avoids overcommitments. ..."

4. An Empire in Pawn: Being Lectures and Essays on Indian, Colonial and by Alexander Johnstone Wilson (1909)
"... suggestions for increasing, 279 Banking deposits, growth of, 256; growth of facilities in, 264; overcommitments in, 276; resources, employment of, 263, ..."

5. Managing Public Expenditure: A Reference Book for Transition Countries by Richard Allen, Daniel Tommasi (2001)
"Is there a reduction in overcommitments? Is there a reduction in the stock of arrears? • Allocative efficiency. Does the actual composition of the budget ..."

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