overdue
/ˌoʊvərˈduː/
adjective
- Not done, paid, or returned by the expected or required time.
- The rent payment is overdue, so the landlord sent a reminder.
- Her homework was overdue because she forgot to submit it online.
- My library book is overdue and I have to pay a fine.
- Having been expected or needed for a long time; long-awaited.
- A serious conversation about the budget is overdue.
- The team finally won a championship, and the celebration was overdue.
- After years of planning, the new park is long overdue.
- Past the expected time of birth (used for a baby).
- The doctor scheduled an induction for the overdue baby.
- The baby was overdue by two weeks before labor finally started.
- She felt uncomfortable because her pregnancy was overdue.