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OVERDUE definition: 1. not done or happening when expected or when needed; late: 2. not done or happening when…. Learn more.
overdue. adjective. us / ˌoʊ.vɚˈduː / uk / ˌəʊ.vəˈdʒuː /. Add to word list. 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.
What does the adjective overdue mean? There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective overdue . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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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.