All overdue synonyms
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O o adjective overdue
- late — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- tardy — late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
- unpaid — a simple past tense and past participle of pay1 .
- unsettled — not settled; not fixed or stable; without established order; unorganized; disorganized: an unsettled social order; still unsettled in their new home.
- belated — A belated action happens later than it should have done.
- delinquent — Someone, usually a young person, who is delinquent repeatedly commits minor crimes.
- outstanding — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
- behind time — late
- behindhand — If someone is behindhand, they have been delayed or have made less progress in their work than they or other people think they should.
- due — together; in unison.
- hung up — Slang: Vulgar. (of a male) having very large genitals.
- jammed — to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
- mature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- owing — owed, unpaid, or due for payment: to pay what is owing.
- payable — to be paid; due: a loan payable in 30 days.
- unpunctual — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
adverb overdue
- behind — If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.
- in arrears — in arrears, behind or late, especially in payment: She was three months in arrears on her mortgage and credit card payments. Also, Chiefly Law, in arrear.