Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: overstretched

Synonyms:

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Usage examples:

Aziz predicts many GPs will be reluctant to prescribe the drug, even if authorised by Nice, because the burden of dealing with children suffering from side-effects will fall on primary care services that are already chronically overstretched.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/30/can-drugs-fix-uk-adolescent-obesity-crisis

But either type of action would be very draining for U.S. resources in the short term, at a time when, according to defense testimony, we are overstretched to replenish the U.S. stocks being prioritized for Ukraine.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/analysis/j-e-dyer/israel-rumors-of-war-in-a-world-transformed/2023/04/16/

But there are other ways in which CEOs are becoming overstretched, leading some to wonder whether the job is becoming too much and too complex for a single individual.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogertrapp/2023/09/30/ceos-need-to-ask-questions-rather-than-think-they-have-the-answers/

Community links practitioners (CLPs) are employed to tackle some of the social issues that contribute to poor physical and mental health – poverty, damp, isolation, addiction – but which overstretched GPs don’t have the time or resources to deal with.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23749710.mr-yousaf-scotlands-nhs-cuts-heap-much-misery-hardest-hit/?ref=rss

Governments would be overstretched, daily life would grind to a halt time and again — even if briefly — and insurers would have to stop underwriting many of society’s crucial functions.

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/baltic-sea-nato-sweden-sabotage-a-defenders-dilemma/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

"Social care workers that they depend on are often utterly broken and exhausted, trying to provide care while being overstretched, under-paid, and under-trained by a deep workforce crisis.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-64331642?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Such a judge is simply an overstretched mind.

Source: https://punchng.com/poor-condition-of-service-affecting-judges-health-san/

“They’re being overstretched, and really it’s not to the benefit of the students because when is that teacher supposed to prepare new activities for the students to do?

Source: https://www.henricocitizen.com/articles/at-school-baord-meeting-henrico-teachers-call-for-collective-bargaining/

With no hope of steady help, there is little left to offer to overstretched wives and husbands, sons and daughters other than a brief respite.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/health/home-health-care-aide-labor.html