Overcommit Definition
ōvər-kə-mĭt
overcommits, overcommitted, overcommitting
verb
To commit (oneself or others) to too many obligations, too full a schedule, etc.
Webster's New World
To bind or obligate (oneself, for example) beyond the capacity for realization.
American Heritage
To promise (something) in a quantity above that which can be provided.
Webster's New World
To allocate or apportion (money, goods, or resources) in amounts incapable of replacement.
American Heritage
To be or become overcommitted.
American Heritage
noun
(computing) Allocation of more resources than are actually available.
Wiktionary
Origin of Overcommit
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over- +"Ž commit
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