overdue
adjective
over·due
ˌō-vər-ˈdü 
-ˈdyü
1
a
: unpaid when due
an overdue bill
b
: delayed beyond an appointed time
an overdue train
overdue library books
2
: too great : excessive
an overdue share of the profits
3
: more than ready
overdue for a haircut
Examples of overdue in a Sentence
She reminded him that the rent was overdue.
He has many overdue bills.
The train is 10 minutes overdue.
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And overdue bills frequently mushroom because HOAs tack on attorney fees, late fees and other costs.
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Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The money was to help pay for overdue maintenance or replacement of harbor facilities such as docks, gangways, gates, pilings, rip-rap and jetties.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
And overdue bills frequently mushroom because HOAs tack on attorney fees, late fees and other costs.
—Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2025
Those are both fine ideas, with open primaries in particular being an overdue fix to New York’s deeply flawed democracy that too many voters are checked out of and effectively disenfranchised from.
—Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for overdue
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“Overdue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overdue. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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overdue
adjective
over·due
ˌō-vər-ˈd(y)ü
1
a
: unpaid when due
overdue bills
b
: not appearing or presented on time
an overdue train
an overdue book
2
: more than ready
a country overdue for governmental reform
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