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What (who) is overextended - definition
overextended
If a person or organization is overextended, they have become involved in more activities than they can financially or physically manage.
The British East India Tea Company was overextended and faced bankruptcy...
ADJ
overextend
¦ verb
1. make too long.
2. impose an excessive burden on.
Derivatives
overextension noun
Examples of use of overextended
1. Army has been overextended to the breaking point.
2. They have also expressed concern about their soldiers being overextended in forward bases.
3. The municipal government, overextended in the best of times, has virtually collapsed.
4. I suffered a crippling injury when I overextended my leg hurdling and severed my artery.
5. "REIT valuations look very overextended," says Andrew Engel, coportfolio manager of the Leuthold Core Investment Fund.