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 a deadline or too late to fulfill a need.

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

  • 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.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • 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.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • 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.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • 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.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • 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.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • 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.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • 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.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • 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.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • 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.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • 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.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

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  • 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

  • It's undue -- or -- predue. However you prefer it.

    October 17, 2009

  • If you renew, the loan service could almost redue you.

    October 17, 2009

  • That'd be sweet, honeydue.

    October 17, 2009