Associations to the word «Overextend»
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Wiktionary
OVEREXTEND, verb. To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit
OVEREXTEND, verb. (linguistics) (transitive) To apply (a term) to too many referents, by overextension.
Dictionary definition
OVEREXTEND, verb. Strain excessively; "He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment".
Wise words
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.