overbook
verb (used with object)
to accept reservations for in excess of the number that can be accommodated.
overbooked
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past participleof overbook.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof overbook.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
overbookverb (used with object)to accept reservations for in excess of the number that can be accommodated.
Example Sentences
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So as the season begins, The Bear is long on stress, short on food, the plumbing is kaput, the reservation line has stopped working and then started again and the place is impossibly overbooked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Could you be bumped against your will if a cruise is overbooked and not enough passengers agree to a deal?
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 19, 2026
"You could turn up ready to pay for your hotel on arrival and the hotel had a better offer and became overbooked."
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
Try to work with them and find solutions for that canceled flight or overbooked hotel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2024
"Sir, it seems that the flight has been accidentally overbooked, by about 300 people."
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau
