overextend

[oh-ver-ik-stend]

verb (used with object)

1. to extend, reach, or expand beyond a proper, safe, or reasonable point.

   a company that overextended its credit to diversify.

2. to extend for too long a time.

   to overextend a stay.

3. to obligate (oneself ) to more activities, work, etc., than one has time for or can accomplish well.

Other Word Forms

• overextension noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of overextend¹

First recorded in 1935–40; over- + extend

Example Sentences

“I do see a lot of people overextending themselves.”

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The important question for investors, therefore, is to what extent this secular bull market may be overextended, just as some of its supports fade.

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We are very overextended due to my income being cut nearly in half.

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That discount reflects “an overextended cost structure as well as unnecessarily discounted pricing,” which Loeb said has hurt margins, but Third Point is “in active dialogue with Ebara’s new management team.”

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“They are still showing relatively strong returns and balance sheets, and they are not overextended.”

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