overextended
Spread too far
Overextended describes having taken on more than you can handle—whether commitments, debt, or territory.
Someone financially overextended has borrowed beyond their ability to repay.
A military force overextended has spread too thin to defend its positions.
We're overextended this month after the car repair.
The word implies vulnerability from excess ambition or poor planning.
Overwhelmed beyond capacity
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- besiegedSurrounded by attackers
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
- delugedOverwhelmed by abundance
bombarded · buried · drowning · overburdened · stretched · maxed · juggling · underwater
Strained or nervous
- tautStretched under tension
- stretchedPulled to lengthen
- tightFirmly stretched or fitting
- overstrainedStressed beyond capacity
overstretched · taxed · pressured · stressed · pushed · pulled · overreached · overdrawn
Money owed another
- loanBorrowed money repaid later
- creditorOne owed money
- defaultPreset standard option
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
repayment · mortgage · foreclosure · arrears · insolvency · borrower · lender · interest
swamped
Overwhelmed beyond capacity
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- besiegedSurrounded by attackers
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
deluged · bombarded · buried · drowning · overburdened · stretched · maxed · juggling · underwater · overcommitted
tense
Strained or nervous
overstrained · overstretched · taxed · pressured · stressed · pushed · pulled · overreached · overdrawn · thin
debt
Money owed another
bankruptcy · repayment · mortgage · foreclosure · arrears · insolvency · borrower · lender · interest · collateral
fatigued
Drained of energy
worn-out · sapped · enervated · weary · exhaustion · tiredness · frazzled · overworked · overtired · haggard
- financial ruinbankrupt, bankruptcy, bust, busted, broke
- burnoutburned out, burnt out, burn out, burning out, burnout
- Overloadedpacked, stuffed, crammed, jammed, full
overextendedundercommitted
Insufficiently pledged or devoted
solvent · comfortable · liquid · flush · in the black
overextendedretracted
Withdrew a prior statement
contracted · compact · pulled back · withdrawn · compressed
overextendedundercommitted
Insufficiently pledged or devoted
unburdened · available · free · unencumbered · at ease