overprogrammed
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]overprogrammed
- simple past and past participle of overprogram
- simple past and past participle of overprogramme
Adjective
[edit]overprogrammed (comparative more overprogrammed, superlative most overprogrammed)
- Given a programme or schedule of too many activities.
- 1982, James Andrew Kenny, Mary Kenny, Whole-life parenting:
- Because they are such ready joiners and such eager participants, children in the intermediate years can easily become overprogrammed. How many activities constitute enough and how many are too many?
- 2008 March 16, Rich Cohen, “All the Principal’s Men”, in New York Times[1]:
- “The one nice thing about being the most overprogrammed middle-school kid in America was that doing nothing felt like a special treat,” Winerip writes.