1. overextended - Adjective
2. overextended - Verb
overextended
simple past and past participle of overextend
overextended (comparative more overextended, superlative most overextended)
extended or expanded beyond a safe limit
An overextended domain Nevertheless, even before Seleucus' death, it was difficult to assert control over the vast eastern domains of the Seleucids. Source: Internet
According to the report, Aldo has maintained remarkably strong revenue growth over the past decade, which PrivCo analyst Evan Danckworth notes as indicative of how Aldo hasn’t overextended itself in the wrong markets. Source: Internet
A recession in 1966 exposed the company’s overextended credit and turned Alfried’s cherished mining and steel companies into loss-leaders. Source: Internet
On July 24, 1921, the poorly commanded and overextended Spanish Army suffered a crushing defeat at Annual from Rif tribesmen led by the Abd el-Krim brothers. Source: Internet
A couple decades back, sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson sketched out a future utopia on Mars built by scientists from an overpopulated, overextended Earth. Source: Internet
Fallon also believes that the ongoing occupation of Iraq has left the U.S. military dangerously overextended, that more diplomacy is needed in U.S. foreign and national security policy, and that more attention needs to be paid to Pakistan and Afghanistan. Source: Internet