1. to schedule or plan too many activities, commitments, or events for a person or organization, leaving insufficient time or resources
Usage: transitive verb; commonly used in educational and organizational contexts

Examples

• The school overprogrammed the students with too many extracurricular activities.
• Parents often overprogram their children's weekends with sports and lessons.
• The conference organizers overprogrammed the schedule, leaving no time for breaks.
• We need to avoid overprogramming the budget so we have flexibility for emergencies.
• The director overprogrammed the theater season with more shows than the venue could handle.