OVERSPENDING Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

overspending

verb

present participle of overspend

as in spending

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Robert Saleh arrives in Tennessee after spending 2025 as defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers, returning to a head-coaching role after nearly four seasons leading the New York Jets.

— Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Meeting Kimberly Schlapman at Samford University, singing together in choir, and spending college summers performing in North Carolina.

— Sid Evans, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of spending

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Rapidly depleting oil inventories Saudi Arabia on Friday temporarily closed the East-West pipeline as a precautionary measure following multiple attacks by drones launched from Iraq.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
There’s about a half-dozen coordinators who should be high on ADs’ radars, perhaps even more so after a bunch of top Group of 6 head coaches got Power 4 jobs last year, depleting the ranks a bit.

— Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of depleting

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This matters because consistently consuming too much sodium can raise blood pressure, a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke.

— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
There, 730 individuals fell ill after consuming MBG meals, though most — 706 of the victims — are now recovering from their symptoms at home, the outlet reported, citing Sidoarjo health office chief Lakhsmie Herawati Yuwantina.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 5 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

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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
The dispute has become even more complicated because some members of the 2022 class pursued professional opportunities after exhausting their eligibility under the previous system.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of exhausting

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Arnd Wiegmann | Reuters Novartis shares tanked on Tuesday after the pharmaceutical giant said its del-desiran drug for muscle-wasting disorder failed in a late-stage trial.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026
At 83, and contending with myosotis, a muscle-wasting condition that kept him from his own Telluride premiere, Leigh has said this is most likely his last film.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of wasting

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Given the way this roster is constructed, squandering those chances is impossible to overcome.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
Around baseball, the Halos became an absolute punchline for squandering the prime years of Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani on the exact same roster.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of squandering

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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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