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overdue
CIDE DICTIONARY
overdue, a.
Due and more than due; delayed beyond the proper time of arrival, payment, return, etc.; as, an overdue vessel; an overdue note; a book overdue at the library; an overdue payment. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
overdue, adj.
1 past the time when due or ready.
2 not yet paid, arrived, born, etc., though after the expected time.
3 (of a library book etc.) retained longer than the period allowed.
1 past the time when due or ready.
2 not yet paid, arrived, born, etc., though after the expected time.
3 (of a library book etc.) retained longer than the period allowed.
THESAURUS
overdue
ahead of time, anachronistic, antedated, anticipated, arrested, awaited, back, backward, beforehand, behind, behind time, behindhand, belated, blocked, dated, delayed, delayed-action, detained, due, early, expected, foredated, foreseen, held up, hoped-for, hung up, imminent, in a bind, in abeyance, in prospect, in view, jammed, late, latish, long-expected, mature, metachronistic, misdated, mistimed, moratory, never on time, obstructed, on the horizon, out of date, out of season, outstanding, owing, parachronistic, past due, payable, postdated, presumed, probable, prochronistic, promised, prospective, retarded, slow, stopped, tardy, unpunctual, unready, unseasonable, unsettled, untimelyROGET THESAURUS
overdue
Anachronism
N anachronism, metachronism, parachronism, prochronism, prolepsis, misdate, anticipation, antichronism, disregard of time, neglect of time, oblivion of time, intempestivity, misdated, undated, overdue, past due, out of date.For further exploring for "overdue" in Webster Dictionary Online