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OVERDUE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overdue mean?
• OVERDUE (adjective)
The adjective OVERDUE has 1 sense:
1. past due; not paid at the scheduled time
Familiarity information: OVERDUE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Past due; not paid at the scheduled time
Synonyms:
delinquent; overdue
Context example:
a delinquent account
Similar:
due (owed and payable immediately or on demand)
Context examples
This renewed weather activity, considered overdue by researchers, could finally signal the onset of summer storms that atmospheric models have long predicted.
(Cassini tracks clouds developing over a Titan sea, NASA)
Also, he paid the other tradesmen in full, redeemed his suit and his bicycle, paid one month's rent on the type-writer, and paid Maria the overdue month for his room and a month in advance.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Overdue would tell a story that would be true of its particular characters and its particular events; but it would tell, too, he was confident, great vital things that would be true of all time, and all sea, and all life—thanks to Herbert Spencer, he thought, leaning back for a moment from the table.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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