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overscheduled

overscheduled

1 5.2
Someone who has too many planned activities and very little free time
  • adjective
  • /ˌoʊvərˈskɛdʒʊld/
translation icon : sobrecargado
  • Sometimes I get so busy and overscheduled that I don't have enough time to sleep, but I understand that I can take actions to control what I bring on myself.
  • overscheduled kids
  • overscheduled day
  • overscheduled life

Examples

  • If there were such a thing as a distraction index, it would probably be off the charts these days, reflecting overscheduled days and constant demands that have to be met this instant.

    Academic text (2000)

  • I agree, kids need time for other things, like being a kid, which too many overscheduled children do not know how to do!

    Blog text (15)

  • Who wants to add an exercise routine to an already overscheduled day?

    Academic text (2001)

  • I'm really overscheduled right now.

    Blog text (20)

  • Part of the problem could be stress from their academic, social, athletic, and overscheduled lives.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Yes, there are times that I feel overscheduled, but that isn't too often.

    Blog text (22)

  • I will be escaping work, drama, and my overscheduled life—and I hope to escape the bronchitis and ear infection that I've been fighting off for the past few weeks.

    Blog text (23)

  • I lost it amid the heat rising from the hot bowl of breakfast he irritably pushed away from his place setting at the table, amid the heat rising from my own flushed and rushed body, fluttering about in a hurried shuffle to get in the car and begin an overscheduled day.

    Blog text (1)

  • Many parents worry that their children are becoming overscheduled with too many extracurricular activities.

  • In today's overscheduled world, people often struggle to find time for relaxation and self-care.

Synonyms

overburdened
vsoverscheduled
1 5.3

Having more work, duties, or worry than you can handle

focuses on many scheduled commitments rather than broad burdens or worry
overbusy
vsoverscheduled
6.1

So busy with many tasks that you cannot rest or take breaks

is specifically about many planned appointments leaving little free time
time-challenged
vsoverscheduled
  • Informal
8.1

A person who cannot manage time well and often finishes tasks late

is caused by having many planned activities rather than poor time skills

How Busy

rushed off one's feet
  • Informal
1 7.9
overscheduled
1 5.2
busy
∞ 1.0
occupied
1.8

Surface Forms

overscheduled positive

Morphology

overscheduled = scheduled (transparent) = over + schedule + ed

The prefix 'over-' clearly indicates an excess or too much of the base word 'scheduled'.

Etymology

Overscheduled combines over- meaning 'too much' and schedule meaning 'a plan or calendar of events'. So, to be overscheduled is to have 'too many plans' and not enough free time.