Definition of "overstretched" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of overstretch. (verb)

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• "Megawolf grinned and the expression overstretched the natural boundaries of his lips."
• "Meanwhile, we will continue to keep nearly 140,000 troops in Iraq while our military is overstretched, which is still at or even above pre-surge levels."
• "Britain's "overstretched" armed forces will fight in Iraq for at least another five years ... troops will be serving on operations in the Gulf until at least 2012."