overdue

o-ver-due · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

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

  2. 2.

    (of a pregnant woman) Having passed the expected date of delivery.

  3. 3.

    Needing to happen or be done immediately because it should have happened earlier.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    long overdue — should have happened much earlier
  • •
    overdue for — needing something that should have happened before

Related words

Antonyms: early, on_time, punctual
See also: belated, delayed, due, late
Synonyms: belated, delayed, late

Etymology

From English over ("beyond") + due ("owed, expected"), from Old French deu.