overspent

verb

Definition of overspentnext
past tense of overspend
as in depleted

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  1. depleted
  2. exhausted
  3. consumed
  4. spent
  5. squandered
  6. lost
Verb
  • Your employees are the foundation, not a resource to be depleted.
    Sherzod Odilov, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The woman’s life savings were nearly depleted, leading to her declaring bankruptcy and her home being repossessed.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of depleted
Verb
  • In that way, McDonald’s became a kind of scapegoat for people who were exhausted of stretching their budgets to afford food and suspecting (not without reason) that corporate greed was at least partly to blame.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Because the Syrian army is exhausted and no longer has the courage to fight alone.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of exhausted
Verb
  • Seafood is meant to be consumed fresh, from ocean to plate with minimal modifications.
    Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The report added that other members of the child’s family had consumed smaller amounts of the same raw milk with their coffee, but all of them tested negative for influenza.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of consumed
Verb
  • Amos Heller has spent more than 15 years sharing a stage with Taylor Swift as a member of her band, the Agency.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Its main incentive rate will now be 25% of the eligible costs spent on a production, up from the previous 20%.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of spent
Verb
  • ReFED estimates that nearly a quarter of our country’s freshwater use is squandered growing food that spoils before ever reaching our mouths.
    Marianne Krasny, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The last of those defeats came on Saturday at Las Palmas, meaning the Catalans have squandered a six-point lead which could be reduced to one if bitter rival Real Madrid keeps winning and also gets the better of Valencia in a game in hand.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of squandered
Verb
  • A lot of people in this book have lost great friends, and pets become even more meaningful.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • To make matters worse, the team also lost another defensive star in DeMarvion Overshown.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of lost
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