overstretched
Speech parts
1. overstretched - Adjective
2. overstretched - Verb
Meaning
overstretched
simple past and past participle of overstretch
overstretched (comparative more overstretched, superlative most overstretched)
Subject to demands that are more than can be reasonably handled.
Synonyms
Examples
Two new reports indicate that, under Bush, the Army is overstretched and under enormous strain. The National Guard and reserves have been weakened and we are experiencing numerous recruiting problems.
An overstretched military undermines homeland security and our ability to meet threats around the world.
A conflict could be the trigger for a prolonged drop in global risk assets, including equities, which look overstretched to begin with.
Britain still lags behind Italy, Spain and France in the spread of the virus, but the country’s overstretched health system is creaking.
Following the Spanish capture of Amiens in March 1597 the French crown laid siege to it until it managed to reconquer Amiens from the overstretched Spanish forces in September 1597.
Housing characteristics Parts of inner-city Accra comprise a mixture of very low-density development with under-used service infrastructure on the one hand, high-density development and overstretched infrastructure services on the other.