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Vinony

overdue

adjective

  1. still needed, but never actually scheduled
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌəʊ.vəˈdju/ / /ˌoʊ.vəɹˈdu/

adj

Etymology: From over- + due.

  1. Late; especially, past a deadline or too late to fulfill a need.

    “his library books were three days overdue; my car is overdue for an oil change; she finally left on a long overdue vacation”

    “[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.”

noun

Etymology: From over- + due.

  1. A borrowed item (such as a library book) that has not been returned on time.
  2. A payment or invoice that is past due.