overdue

Speech parts

1. overdue - Adjective

2. overdue - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Due and more than due; delayed beyond the proper time of arrival or payment, etc.; as, an overdue vessel; an overdue note.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

delinquent back due late behind mora ancient slow delay delayed mature outstanding backward expired jammed
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Antonyms

first due early beginning seasonable paid
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Phrases with the word

overdue bill extremely overdue considerably overdue long overdue

Examples

It is long overdue for parents to realize they have the right and duty to protect our children against the intolerant evolutionists. Phyllis Schlafly

To honor our national promise to our veterans, we must continue to improve services for our men and women in uniform today and provide long overdue benefits for the veterans and military retirees who have already served. Solomon Ortiz

There's just too many people being bullied, too many people's lives being wrecked. This is something that is long overdue. We all have gay and lesbian people in our families, and these are good people. Howard Stern

Impulsively, I lean forward and kiss him, stopping his word. This is probably overdue anyway since he's right, we are supposed to be madly in love. Suzanne Collins

I don't blame Bill Maher for mocking religion. [...] I can see why he took the trouble to make the movie. In one sense, it's overdue. Ray Comfort

This planet is 15 million years overdue for an asteroid strike like the one that killed the dinosaurs. L. Neil Smith

Close letter words and terms

overdry overdub overdubber overdue abortion overdue bill overdunged