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Synonyms for overdue
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : oh-ver-doo, -dyoo |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈdu, -ˈdyu |
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Définition of overdue
Origin :- "past the due date," 1845 of bills, 1890 of library books, 1970 of menstrual periods, from over- + due (adj.).
- adj late, behind schedule
- And Joe Nelson had not yet returned from Forks; he was at least five hours overdue.
- Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
- We are overdue now for my tryst with this new governor at New Chicago!
- Extract from : « The Space Rover » by Edwin K. Sloat
- She crawled on, do or die, and people at home began to think of posting us as overdue.
- Extract from : « Youth » by Joseph Conrad
- The turnkey snarled, "She was posted as overdue three days ago."
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- The president had threatened him if he did not pay what was overdue.
- Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
- I'll say this for Sonntag—he's been overdue for a croaking this long time.
- Extract from : « From Place to Place » by Irvin S. Cobb
- He passed the flagman, going like a brunet typhoon ten days overdue.
- Extract from : « Lady Luck » by Hugh Wiley
- Hoxer was glad that he was due and overdue to be gone from the locality.
- Extract from : « The Crucial Moment » by Charles Egbert Craddock (AKA Mary Noailles Murfree)
- The overdue steamer was just arriving as we set foot on the quay.
- Extract from : « The Riddle of the Sands » by Erskine Childers
- My hotel bill was overdue and my little drug stock exhausted.
- Extract from : « The Lady Doc » by Caroline Lockhart
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