Jim Clyburn

Two new reports indicate that, under Bush, the Army is overstretched and under enormous strain. The National Guard and reserves have been weakened and we are experiencing numerous recruiting problems.

American Politician

Ellen Tauscher

An overstretched military undermines homeland security and our ability to meet threats around the world.

Ivan Krastev

America is militarily overstretched, politically polarized and financially indebted.

Public Servant

Used when growth or increase exceeds reasonable or sustainable levels, often implying negative consequences.

Expansion Limits

Signals a situation where resources are insufficient for the demands faced, risking failure or collapse.

Resource Warning

Often implies mismanagement or failure to anticipate needs accurately, not just a neutral state of being busy.

Critical Connotation

Highlights the personal toll on individuals who are pushed beyond their capacity to work effectively.

Personal Strain

Implies that productivity may drop when staff are overstretched, counterproductive to the intent of increasing output.

Productivity Impact

 a massive ball of plasma into the solar wind. When one of these coronal mass ejections collides with Earth, it overpowers the magnetosphere and creates a magnetic storm. The heavy storm stresses the magnetosphere until it suddenly snaps back, like and overstretched elastic band, flinging some of the detoured particles towards Earth.

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 Now, I hope that mayors do one day rule the world, but, you know, the fact is, we don't hear any conversation, really, about what is happening in the South. And by South, I mean Latin America, Africa, Asia, where violence in some cases is accelerating, where infrastructure is overstretched,

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 severely overstretched some orangutans have seen their short stay turned into months verging on years even before work is completed loner is desperate to move orangutans into the larger cages at the top of her list is

Overstretched