overextend

English

Etymology

over- +‎ extend

Verb

overextend (third-person singular simple present overextends, present participle overextending, simple past and past participle overextended)

1. To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit
2. (linguistics, transitive) To apply (a term) to too many referents, by overextension.

Derived terms

• overextended