overbudget
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of overbudget
From prepositional phrase over budget, erroneously taken as a compound
Example Sentences
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A construction project at the bank that has gone overbudget.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026
Although the city has agreed to cover the first $270 million in debt incurred from the Games if LA28 goes overbudget, Wasserman said organizers don’t intend to come close to the financial backstop.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025
News has leaked that he plans to scrap much of an ambitious but overbudget high-speed railway line that was planned to link London and Manchester.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2023
And there’s a risk that because it’s been so hard, it’s so far behind schedule and overbudget, that we’ll give up.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 18, 2023
Jim McColl said the second of two overbudget CalMac ferries being built at the Port Glasgow site should have been scrapped four years ago.
From BBC • May 17, 2023
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