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overreaching

NOUN
deceit
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chicanery deception dishonesty duplicity fraud hypocrisy treachery trickery
STRONG
ambidexterity ambidextrousness artifice cheating chicane craft craftiness cunning deceitfulness dissimulation double-dealing fraudulence guile imposition pretense slyness trapping
WEAK
cozening defrauding dirty dealing dirty pool dissemblance entrapping smoke and mirrors two-facedness two-timing underhandedness
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fairness forthrightness frankness honesty openness sincerity trustworthiness truth truthfulness
STRONG
artlessness reality
WEAK
uprightness
NOUN
shiftiness
Synonyms
STRONG
ambidexterity ambidextrousness artifice cheating chicane chicanery craft craftiness cunning deceitfulness deception dishonesty dissimulation double-dealing duplicity fraud fraudulence guile hypocrisy imposition pretense slyness trapping treachery trickery
WEAK
cozening defrauding dirty dealing dirty pool dissemblance entrapping smoke and mirrors two-facedness two-timing underhandedness
Antonyms
STRONG
artlessness fairness forthrightness frankness honesty honor openness reality sincerity trustworthiness truth truthfulness

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Credit Suisse fired Barofsky in 2022 for overreaching on his mandate, and he was rehired by UBS after it took over in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

That makes it important for investors to distinguish between companies capable of handling the cycle and those overreaching.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

In its response, Harvard said it did not "take lightly" its obligation to fight antisemitism but said the government was overreaching.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2025

But at other times, Leslie seems to be overreaching in his quest to ascribe something greater to their relationship, a friendship that was cruelly and tragically cut short.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2025

Lawrence had built his career by overreaching and then making good on his promises.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik