Definition of overdue
1a : unpaid when due an overdue billb : 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
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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.
Recent Examples of overdue from the Web
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Reinhold Hanning was a former SS sergeant whose conviction last year on 170,000 counts of accessory to murder for serving as an Auschwitz guard was hailed as a long-overdue victory for Holocaust victims.
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Mr. Krasner’s win elated his supporters, who say such a change is overdue.
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The comptroller has estimated that the state will owe at least $800 million in interest and fees on overdue bills by the end of June.
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As of June 1, the library no longer imposes fines for overdue books and materials.
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Vendors wait six months to be paid from a $14.5 billion pile of overdue bills.
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As NPR’s Scott Simon reported this March, Harvard has decided to stop charging a 50-cent-a-day fine for overdue books after reports that the fees were putting stress on students.
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The NFL's move toward relaxing an out-of-date stance seems long overdue and much ado about nothing at the same time.
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Hossfeld hopes her book (due next year from the University of California Press) will bring overdue attention to those who labor in Silicon Valley's trenches.
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OVERDUE Defined for English Language Learners
overdue
playDefinition of overdue for English Language Learners
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: not paid at an expected or required time
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: not appearing or presented by a stated, expected, or required time
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—used to say that something should have happened or been done before now
OVERDUE Defined for Kids
overdue
playDefinition of overdue for Students
1 : not paid when due overdue bills
2 : delayed beyond an expected time The plane was an hour overdue.
3 : more than ready He is overdue for a haircut.
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