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overcommitment

/ˌəʊ.və.kəˈmɪt.mənt/

/ˌoʊ.vɚ.kəˈmɪt.mənt/

Translations

overcommitmentnoun

overcommitments

Her overcommitment to various projects led to burnout and stress.

Son surengagement dans divers projets a entraîné un épuisement et du stress.

Additional translations

Synonyms

excessive commitment

overcommitmentadjective

/ˌəʊ.və.kəˈmɪt.mənt/

/ˌoʊ.vɚ.kəˈmɪt.mənt/

Functions attributively before nouns, e.g. "overcommitment policy".

Additional translations

surengagéPeu usité ; qualifie ce qui implique un engagement excessif.

overcommitmentnoun

The state of being committed to more tasks or responsibilities than one can realistically handle.

Her overcommitment to various projects led to burnout and stress.

An excessive promise or pledge, often beyond one's capacity to fulfill.

The company's overcommitment to deliver the product by the end of the month resulted in quality issues.

In computing, the allocation of more virtual resources, especially memory or processing power, than are physically present.

Memory overcommitment allows a hypervisor to assign more virtual RAM to guests than the host machine actually possesses.

overcommitmentadjective

Relating to or involving an excessive commitment of time, resources, or promises.

The project failed because of an overcommitment schedule.