Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overcommitted

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: over-com-mit-ted
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having committed too much of one's time or resources.

verb

simple past and past participle of overcommit

Example Sentences

"The crisis in such a young man's life may be reached exactly wheen he half-realizes that he is fatally overcommitted to what he is not."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English committed English overcommitted From over- + committed.

Inflected Forms

more overcommitted (comparative) most overcommitted (superlative)

Questions

What does overcommitted mean?: Having committed too much of one's time or resources.
Where does overcommitted come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English committed English overcommitted From over- + committed.

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