Usually means: Stretched too thin, resources strained.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word overextended:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. overextended: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. overextended: Merriam-Webster
  3. overextended: Collins English Dictionary
  4. overextended: Vocabulary.com
  5. Overextended, overextended: Wordnik
  6. overextended: Wiktionary
  7. overextended: Dictionary.com
  8. overextended: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. overextended: Legal dictionary
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. overextended: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. overextended: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (overextended)

▸ adjective:  extended or expanded beyond a safe limit

Similar:
overstrain, overextensive, overexpansive, hyperextended, overstretched, overdistended, overdriven, hyperexpansive, hyperexpanded, outstretched, more...

Opposite:
underextended, balanced, moderate, conservative

Types:
overcommitted, overbooked, overworked, overburdened, overwhelmed, more...

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Similar:
overstrain, overextensive, overexpansive, hyperextended, overstretched, overdistended, overdriven, hyperexpansive, hyperexpanded, outstretched, more...

Opposite:
underextended, balanced, moderate, conservative

Types:
overcommitted, overbooked, overworked, overburdened, overwhelmed, more...



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