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2. Noun. (computing) Allocation of more resources than are actually available. ¹

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Definition of Overcommit

1. [v -MITTED, -MITTING, -MITS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcommit

Literary usage of Overcommit

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

1. The Russian Rockefellers: The Saga of the Nobel Family and the Russian Oil by Robert W. Tolf (1976)
"... making absolutely certain he did not overcommit himself in either labor force or plant capacity until military orders were signed, sealed, and delivered ..."

2. Mentoring Across Boundaries: Helping Beginning Teachers Succeed in by Jean Boreen, Donna Niday, Mary K. Johnson (2003)
"Julianne: That would be nice, but be careful not to overcommit yourself. Planning for the next day comes before sending more letters home. ..."

3. Managing Water for Peace in the Middle East; Alternative Strategies by Masahiro Murakami (1995)
"By the end of the 1990s, Israel, Jordan, and the West Bank, or Palestine, will overcommit or deplete virtually all of their renewable sources of fresh water ..."

4. Murchison in Moray: A Geologist on Home Ground : With the Correspondence of by Michael Collie, John Diemer (1995)
"As he waited for Murchison to overcommit himself once again, his patience may have been spiced with an unworthy type of pleasure. As long as Huxley delayed ..."

5. Global Challenge and Local Response: Initiatives for Economic Regeneration by Walter B. Stöhr (1990)
"... or to overcommit local budgetary resources by means of tax concessions. In many West and recently in some East European countries a voluntary sector has ..."

6. India and the United States: Estranged Democracies, 1941-1991 by Dennis Kux (1994)
"He argued the United States was already overcommit- ted globally, should avoid "making a choice between giving support to the interests of India or of ..."

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