overstretched
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
adj
Subject to demands that are more than can be reasonably handled.
Example Sentences
- "Software developer Amey Consulting has used it to identify issues elsewhere on the network, such as at East Croydon where platforms 3 and 4 were identified as causes of delay due to staff being overstretched at peak hours."
- "Critics of MCEDs also warn that a deluge of test results could put additional pressure on already overstretched health services. A Galleri pilot screening programme in Arizona for firefighters missed many instances of cancer, raising questions about accuracy."
Inflected Forms
more overstretched (comparative)
most overstretched (superlative)