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- To overdo something is to do it to excess. For example, if you overdo the eating of ice cream, you might get a stomachache. The word is only a verb. Overdue is only an adjective. It means undelivered or unpaid when due. If you fail to turn in an assignment at the deadline, it becomes overdue.
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Synonyms for OVERDUE: delayed, belated, delinquent, late, tardy, behind, slow, postponed; Antonyms of OVERDUE: premature, early, untimely, timely, precocious, opportune, inopportune, unseasonable.
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not done or happening when expected or when needed; late: My library books are a week overdue. The baby is two weeks overdue (= the baby was expected to be born two weeks ago). Changes to the tax system are long overdue. She feels she's overdue for promotion. Synonym. late (AFTER EXPECTED TIME) Compare. delinquent adjective US formal.
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not done or happening when expected or when needed; late: My library books are a week overdue. The baby is two weeks overdue (= the baby was expected to be born two weeks ago). Changes to the tax system are long overdue. She feels she's overdue for promotion.
Overdue definition: past due, as a delayed train or a bill not paid by the assigned date; late. See examples of OVERDUE used in a sentence.
If you say that a change or an event is overdue, you mean that you think it should have happened before now. This debate is long overdue. I'll go home and pay an overdue visit to my mother.
