overextended
verbHow many syllables in overextended?
There are 5 syllables in the word overextended.How to pronounce overextended:
Definition of overextended:
- overextended (verb):
- to extend or expand beyond a safe or reasonable point
- to commit (oneself) financially beyond what can be paid
Synonyms for overextended:
broadened
exceeded
expanded
overreached
widened
Antonyms for overextended:
relaxed
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- incredulously
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- underestimate
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- extraordinaire
- imaginative
- secondarily
- pandemonium
- unsociable
- transcontinental
- directionless
- ambisexual
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- imperceptible
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- pseudopodia
- obliviously
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- occasionally
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- inescapable
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Syllable Fun Fact
The English language exhibits a phenomenon called 'schwa deletion', where unstressed syllables are often pronounced as a quick, neutral vowel sound or omitted.
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