overspending

verb

present participle of overspend
as in spending

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overspending
  1. spending
  2. depleting
  3. consuming
  4. splurging
  5. exhausting
  6. wasting
  7. squandering
  8. misspending
Verb
  • The BofA analysis found big growth in per-person video-game spending across age groups in the 12 months to August, with even Gen Z, the generation with the smallest increase, spending 20% more.
    — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Sure, like in the Ohio Senate race, just on the reservations for media that are on the books now, Republicans are spending a hundred plus million dollars, Sherrod Brown spending $55 million.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of spending
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  • El Nino is already fueling wildfires across farmland, depleting water supplies for major cities and hurting fish catches in the region.
    — EDNA TARIGAN, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Coffee grounds suffocate roots, causing rot and depleting nitrogen needed for growth.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of depleting
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  • Researchers writing in Harvard Business Review found that employees switch between applications roughly 1,200 times per day, consuming nearly 9% of the workweek in reorientation and context switching alone.
    — Bryan Goode, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The filing alleges that Karla died on June 20 after consuming frozen GreenWise blueberries from Publix on May 21.
    — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of consuming
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  • Instead of splurging on bottled water, consider spending money on a nice reusable water bottle that’ll make water drinking more of a habit.
    — Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2026
  • For this story, Jessie scoured the Hill House Home new arrivals for fall finds worthy of splurging on this season.
    — Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of splurging
Verb
  • The gentle squeeze around your legs provides other surprising health benefits on exhausting travel days.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Commanders should seek positional advantages without exhausting their soldiers, manipulate the enemy’s movements when possible, and recognize when circumstances make pursuit or attack unwise.
    — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of exhausting
Verb
  • This is a crucial insight to have before wasting time and money.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • This allows massive electrical currents to flow through small coils without wasting energy as heat.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of wasting
Verb
  • The United States, however, risks squandering this opportunity by not prioritizing its relationship with Japan.
    — David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026
  • However, conventional disposal tactics like landfills and incineration trigger severe environmental pollution while squandering valuable resources.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of squandering
Verb
  • Glen Gilzean, who left his Orange County post accused of misspending millions in taxpayer dollars, has been tapped as the new CEO of the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County.
    — Alexa Coultoff, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Another is the surprising fact that no Florida law specifically prohibits public officials from misspending public funds on political advertising.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
Definition of misspending
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“Overspending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overspending. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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