overbudget

[ oh-ver-buhj-it ]

adjective

costing or being more than the amount alloted or budgeted: The building is half-finished and it's already overbudget.

Origin of overbudget

From prepositional phrase over budget, erroneously taken as a compound

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Although I was 23 years old and dreaded losing my job for going over budget, I wearily said, “Done.”
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The debate over budget austerity as the path to recovery from depression reminds me of a story told of Albert Einstein.
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The high risk pools turned out to be extremely undersubscribed, yet nonetheless over budget.
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Movies go over budget; episodic television never goes over budget.
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But the port is years behind schedule and billions over budget.
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