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overdue

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o⋅ver⋅due

  [oh-ver-doo, -dyoo]
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–adjective
1. past due, as a delayed train or a bill not paid by the assigned date; late: two overdue library books.
2. too long awaited; needed or expected for some time: Improvements in our highway system are long overdue.
3. more than sufficiently advanced, mature, or ready: That country is overdue for industrial development.
Origin:
1835–45; over- + due

Related forms:
o⋅ver⋅due⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. tardy, behindhand.
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o·ver·due   (ō'vər-dōō', -dyōō')   
adj.  

  1. Being unpaid when due: an overdue bill.

  2. Coming or arriving after the scheduled or expected time: an overdue train.

    1. Expected or required but not yet having come about.

    2. Being something that should have occurred earlier. See Synonyms at tardy.

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Word Origin & History

overdue 
"past the due date," 1845 of bills, 1890 of library books, 1970 of menstrual periods, from over + due.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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