overinvest
Put in too much
To overinvest is to put too much money, time, or emotional energy into something relative to what's prudent or what it deserves.
Financially, companies overinvest in projects with poor returns: The firm overinvested in expansion right before the recession.
Emotionally, someone might overinvest in a new relationship or in their children's success.
The word implies resources would be better allocated elsewhere.
Measured passage of moments
- energyPower to do work
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- moneyCurrency for transactions
- capitalWealth used for investment
bandwidth · focus · labor · manpower · overallocate · overcommit · misallocate · opportunity cost
Chronic occupational depletion
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- overworkToil to exhaustion
- strainExcessive stretching force
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
overwhelm · overextend · overcommit · sacrifice · grind · hustle · pressure · stress
Unproven theorizing or risky investment
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- lossesThings subtracted from standing
- overexposureExcessive amount of something
overleveraged · risk · capital · assets · equity · debt · margin · returns
Air-filled film sphere
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- overvaluationAppraising too highly
- maniaIntense, consuming obsession
- crashSudden violent impact
correction · boom · bust · frenzy · exuberance · overheated · tulipmania · dotcom
Connection or fondness
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- enmeshmentBoundary-blurring relational pattern
codependency · infatuation · preoccupation · overattachment · entanglement · engrossment · absorption · overcommitment
time
Measured passage of moments
capital · bandwidth · focus · labor · manpower · overallocate · overcommit · misallocate · opportunity cost · trade-off
burnout
Chronic occupational depletion
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- overworkToil to exhaustion
- strainExcessive stretching force
fatigue · overwhelm · overextend · overcommit · sacrifice · grind · hustle · pressure · stress · diminishing returns
speculation
Unproven theorizing or risky investment
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- lossesThings subtracted from standing
overexposure · overleveraged · risk · capital · assets · equity · debt · margin · returns · diversification
bubble
Air-filled film sphere
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- overvaluationAppraising too highly
- maniaIntense, consuming obsession
crash · correction · boom · bust · frenzy · exuberance · overheated · tulipmania · dotcom · housing bubble
attachment
Connection or fondness
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
enmeshment · codependency · infatuation · preoccupation · overattachment · entanglement · engrossment · absorption · overcommitment · intensity
overinvestunderinvest
Commit insufficient resources
divest · underfund · neglect · underspend · disinvest
overinvestdiversify
Expand into new areas
hedge · distribute · balance · spread out · scatter
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