overspend
Americanverb (used without object)
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overspends,
present (3rd person singular)
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overspent,
past participle, past
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overspending
present participle
verb (used with object)
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overspends,
present (3rd person singular)
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overspent,
past participle, past
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overspending
present participle
verb
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to spend in excess of (one's desires or what one can afford or is allocated)
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(tr; usually passive) to wear out; exhaust
noun
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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overspendsimple
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overspendssimple
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have overspentperfect
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has overspentperfect
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am overspendingprogressive
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are overspendingprogressive
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is overspendingprogressive
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have been overspendingperfect progressive
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has been overspendingperfect progressive
Past
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overspentsimple
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had overspentperfect
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was overspendingprogressive
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were overspendingprogressive
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had been overspendingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of overspend
Example Sentences
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General manager Pat Verbeek had no choice but to overspend on center Leo Carlsson, signing him to a five-year, $90-million contract after the Flyers offered Carlsson the same deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
That way, when you’re out with friends and tempted to overspend, you’re forced to do so with your debit card, which often forces you to think a little more consciously about the dollar amount.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Hull had an overspend of about £6m for the period to 2025-26.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
‘The last thing somebody in college or just starting out needs to be doing is to overspend chasing rewards.’
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
I am never called anything but Mollie, except when I overspend my allowance, and mother feels it her duty to scold me.
From The Fortunes of the Farrells by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
That smaller forecast surplus reflects the introduction of fuel supports and additional spending to cover budget overspends, particularly in health.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
He adds that, unlike rivals, Apple doesn’t have a cloud business to sell excess compute if it overspends on AI data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
Carmy tends to brush off nearly all of her concepts, making Syd question whether she can find the culinary success that’s long eluded her at the side of a colleague who overspends and overreaches.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2025
Almost 35 years later after enormous overspends, major delays, devolution, a global pandemic, unsuitable ground for road building and hundreds of carriageway closures, the end is finally in sight.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2025
If he overspends his money he is bankrupt, and the person who overspends his strength is for the time physically bankrupt.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
Stocks sold off rapidly on worries that U.S. companies had overspent, but bounced back and continued climbing later in the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
Or they overspent on infrastructure they couldn’t operationalize and are now cutting to manage cash flow.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 4, 2025
By the end of the 2027-28 academic year, councils across the country will have overspent by as much as £4bn on special educational needs and disabilities budgets, the Local Democracy Reporting Service reports.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2025
They’re struggling, they’re in debt, they’re broke, they barely made rent, they’ve overspent, they’re asking for help.
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2024
His aunt said, “He has overspent his power,” but she had no art to help him.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
“The concerns around overspending, the concerns around monetization, they won’t go away, the concerns around too-high capex/too much debt, issuance, that will not go away. If anything, that will probably intensify in 2027.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
Related: ‘People in the U.S. need to wake up’: As a mortgage loan officer, I rejected wealthy couples due to overspending.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
But Apple’s “go-slow” strategy comes in handy on days when investor concerns about AI overspending flare up, insulating the stock from downturns that hit the semiconductor space.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
The results broadly eased worries about AI companies overspending relative to future profitability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
A pattern of overspending has been in place for half a century.
From State of the Union Address by Ronald Reagan
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