英和和英

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌəʊ.vəˈdju/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌoʊ.vəɹˈdu/
• Homophone: overdo (米国発音, some dialects)

形容詞

overdue (comparative more overdue, superlative most overdue)

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

   • 2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

     [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.

   • 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:

     More join us at Colwall and at the lovely station at Great Malvern, although the place is in need of some TLC nowadays. The ornate canopy supports are overdue a repaint, and the closed cafe gives the place a forlorn air.

派生語

• overdue abortion

名詞

overdue (plural overdues)

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.