OVERCOMMITTED Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

overcommitted

verb

past tense of overcommit

as in betrothed

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reneged

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Verb

Paramount has previously promised not to close the transaction before July 22.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 17 July 2026
Tehran promised safe passage to vessels in the strait, but the deal did not define which lanes vessels should use.

— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 17 July 2026

Definition of promised

Verb

Odysseus and Penelope reunited, and Telemachus was crowned the new king of Ithaca as Odysseus vowed to sail west to honor the men who died along the way.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
Another Republican gubernatorial candidate, former House Speaker Paul Renner, vowed to call a special session to halt approval of hyperscale data centers.

— Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026

Definition of vowed

Verb

Wisconsin has committed up to $55 million in incentives to help Realta Fusion build its new headquarters and fusion research facility in Madison, a move aimed at strengthening the state’s position in the emerging fusion energy industry.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
Loathe have always been committed to self-production (their 2017 debut is their only album that credits an outside co-producer), but A Stranger to You begs for more exacting supervision.

— Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 16 July 2026

Definition of committed

Verb

News of the fire reached musician Linda Ronstadt, who swore that Dan Tana’s served the best plate of spaghetti in the world.

— Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
Raison, who had previously studied meditation, used the EAR to evaluate whether two hundred people who participated in meditation subsequently became kinder, swore less, or engaged in deeper conversations.

— Shayla Love, New Yorker, 8 July 2026

Definition of swore

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