What is "overstretched"

Usage examples of "overstretched".

Ted Lorrimer in Investments for failing to sell Winkler Consolidated when even a squint-eyed baboon could see it was overstretched in its Central American operation, and a neck sticking out asking for the comprehensive chop.

He told her not to phone the university as the cuts had so overstretched the secretarial staff that private calls were frowned upon.

Tears smarted her eyes and she wanted to cry, but she swallowed them down, anger being her only outlet for her overstretched nerves as she listened to them discussing her as if she were of no consequence.

He sat down wearily, disregarding his beautiful clothes, and astonished me by pressing his elbows against his hips and laying his forehead on the tips of his overstretched fingers.