overspent

verb

past tense of overspend
as in depleted

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overspent
  1. depleted
  2. exhausted
  3. consumed
  4. spent
  5. splurged
  6. squandered
  7. wasted
  8. lost
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  • The program's trustees project that the trust fund Social Security relies on to help pay retirement benefits may be depleted in the fourth quarter of 2032.
    — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Lakers defensive star Ziaire Williams also missed his first game with left foot soreness, leaving them even more depleted with two starters unable to play.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of depleted
Verb
  • Trump has already exhausted many of the obvious lame-duck gambits.
    — Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2026
  • There are no roads on Everest, and helicopters are the only way to bring down trekkers and guides who become sick or exhausted in the cold and high altitude.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of exhausted
Verb
  • The kosher laws include restrictions on the types of meat that can be consumed and prohibits mixing meat and dairy in the same meal, so keeping a kitchen kosher requires communal adherence to these rules.
    — Adrienne Krone, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Gonzalez reportedly sat at the bar and consumed five beers, three ordered directly from the bartender and two served at a table, the report notes.
    — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of consumed
Verb
  • Campbell, a 69-year-old Democrat, spent years in the House and Senate before losing her seat in a primary race in 2018.
    — Miami Herald staff, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Donalds, 48, who spent most of his career in the finance industry, has served two terms in Congress and two terms in the Florida House.
    — Catherine Welch, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of spent
Verb
  • Rodrigo Bentancur The Uruguayan was not even supposed to be in the starting XI after Spurs splurged £180million on new midfielders in the summer.
    — Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • E-commerce boomed during the pandemic, when shoppers, flush with stimulus cash, splurged on new items.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of splurged
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  • To defend us all from another generation's youth, treasure and opportunity squandered at the altar of endless war.
    — Eric Henderson, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The latest embarrassment came Sunday, when Gang Green squandered a nine-point halftime lead in a 38-33 loss to the Raiders.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of squandered
Verb
  • This inept contract demands investigation to see why no one was paying attention to cut our losses, and wasted $82 million of our blood, sweat and tears.
    — Jay Reddick, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Rottinghaus said Hinojosa is still unlikely to defeat Abbott, who has held together Texas’ fractious Republican Party, but that doesn’t mean Pritzker’s money will be wasted.
    — Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of wasted
Verb
  • Republicans not only lost the House, but watched as their hope of keeping a Senate majority slipped away, too — a blue tsunami that was quickly interpreted as a rebuke of the president and his agenda.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The spot sparked national bipartisan backlash on grounds that Acton's mother had lost custody of her children decades ago after her husband, their stepfather, was indicted for raping Acton as a child.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
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“Overspent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overspent. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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