Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being unpaid when due.
- adjective Coming or arriving after the scheduled or expected time: synonym: tardy.
- adjective Expected or required but not yet having come about.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Delayed or with-held beyond the usual or assigned time: as, an overdue ship.
- Unpaid at the time assigned or agreed on: as, an overdue bill.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Due and more than due; delayed beyond the proper time of arrival, payment, return, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Late ; especially, past adeadline or too late tofulfill aneed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective past due; not paid at the scheduled time
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Examples
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BTW while an eruption might be overdue the term overdue in geologic time could mean tomorrow or it could be 100,000+ years from now.
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BTW while an eruption might be overdue the term overdue in geologic time could mean tomorrow or it could be 100,000+ years from now.
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BTW while an eruption might be overdue the term overdue in geologic time could mean tomorrow or it could be 100,000+ years from now.
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BTW while an eruption might be overdue the term overdue in geologic time could mean tomorrow or it could be 100,000+ years from now.
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BTW while an eruption might be overdue the term overdue in geologic time could mean tomorrow or it could be 100,000+ years from now.
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BTW while an eruption might be overdue the term overdue in geologic time could mean tomorrow or it could be 100,000+ years from now.
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BTW while an eruption might be overdue the term overdue in geologic time could mean tomorrow or it could be 100,000+ years from now.
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BTW while an eruption might be overdue the term overdue in geologic time could mean tomorrow or it could be 100,000+ years from now.
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BTW while an eruption might be overdue the term overdue in geologic time could mean tomorrow or it could be 100,000+ years from now.
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BTW while an eruption might be overdue the term overdue in geologic time could mean tomorrow or it could be 100,000+ years from now.
Prolagus commented on the word overdue
Dear Xxxxx Xxxxx,
The following item you borrowed through the XXXX's Inter-Library Loan service is almost overdue.
"Almost" overdue? That is, not overdue.
October 17, 2009
dontcry commented on the word overdue
It's undue -- or -- predue. However you prefer it.
October 17, 2009
mollusque commented on the word overdue
If you renew, the loan service could almost redue you.
October 17, 2009
bilby commented on the word overdue
That'd be sweet, honeydue.
October 17, 2009