overstretching
Pushing beyond limits
Overstretching is extending something beyond its proper limits or capacity.
Muscles can be overstretched, causing injury.
Resources, budgets, or personnel can be overstretched when demands exceed what's available: The department is overstretching its staff with these new projects.
The word often carries a warning—what's overstretched may snap or fail.
Represent as greater
- embellishAdd decorative elements
- inflateFill with gas
- amplifyIncrease in strength
- dramatizeDepict with heightened emotion
overemphasize · overplay · distort · magnify · hyperbole · overreach · overestimate · misrepresent
Excessive stretching force
- pullForce toward oneself
- tearTo pull apart
- sprainLigament stretch injury
- ligamentConnective tissue between bones
tendon · hyperextension · overextension · injury · rupture · tension · tightness · elongation
overstate
Represent as greater
dramatize · overemphasize · overplay · distort · magnify · hyperbole · overreach · overestimate · misrepresent · exaggerate
strain
Excessive stretching force
ligament · tendon · hyperextension · overextension · injury · rupture · tension · tightness · elongation · distension
budget
Plan for spending
bandwidth · limits · allocation · scarcity · depletion · overcommitment · shortfall · deficit · strain · burden
fatigue
Weariness from prolonged exertion
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- overworkToil to exhaustion
overtraining · overuse · depletion · drained · tiredness · weariness · collapse · breakdown · overwhelm · overdoing
overstretchingcontracting
Reducing in volume
pulling back · retracting · scaling back · shrinking · underextending
overstretchingrestraint
Control over impulses
conservatism · prudence · moderation · playing it safe · reining in
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