overdue
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• adjective
Not having arrived, happened, or been done by the expected or scheduled time.
"The commuter train was twenty minutes overdue because of a signal failure along the tracks."
Unpaid or unreturned after the appointed deadline or due date (especially of a bill, loan, or library item).
"She had to pay a small fine at the public library for three overdue books."
Having been needed, deserved, or desirable for a long time without having yet taken place.
"The historic school building is receiving a long overdue renovation this summer."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the mid-17th century from the prefix 'over-' (meaning 'beyond a proper time or limit') and the adjective 'due', which entered Middle English via Old French from the Latin 'debitus' ('owed').
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