overdue

//ˌoʊ.vɚˈduː//
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Adjective

overdueCanonical form
1

Not having arrived, happened, or been done by the expected or required time.

The library book is overdue by two weeks.

2

(Of a payment) not having been made by the required date.

The rent is two months overdue.

3

(Of a library book) retained longer than the allowed lending period.

I need to return these overdue library books today.

4

Having been needed or expected for some time; long-awaited.

The overdue reform of the education system finally began.

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