overspent

past tense of overspend

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overspent
Verb
  • Last Tango left him feeling depleted.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This comes amid weak August data, after consumer subsidy funds were depleted and not fully replenished.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Texans were up 28-21, and Keller had exhausted all of its timeouts.
    Jordan Neal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Defense lawyers could still file appeals, but once those challenges are exhausted, the ruling becomes final and any prison terms can be enforced.
    Michael Rios, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Movies are still big events, still consumed in long sittings, still treated as cultural monuments.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The water and food animals consumed left a chemical signature in their bones, which provided researchers with a key to their origin.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There are people in this world who exchange birthday gifts with their manicurist, and then there are those who have spent many solitary hours mastering the art of the at-home manicure.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Liberatore previously spent almost nine years at Airbnb, and before that worked in senior finance roles at SquareTrade, eBay and PayPal.
    MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Guo splurged on a vintage rose Ferrari.
    Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Como may have brought in Alvaro Morata on loan, but the €100m the league’s biggest spenders have splurged is mainly on up-and-coming players like teenager Jesus Rodriguez from Real Betis and Jayden Addai from AZ.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This came just one week after the Panthers (1-1) squandered a fourth-quarter lead in a 15-7 loss to Gloucester.
    Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The Padres lost 2-1 to the Reds on Wednesday by failing in their biggest at-bats before and after a shorthanded bullpen squandered a one-run lead in the eighth inning.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The convenient kit comes with floor and roofing materials, plus nails, screws, handles, door locks, and fixings, which means less time wasted running to the hardware store.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
  • But unlike Yamamoto—whose second straight 10-K one-hitter was wasted—Verlander bobbed and weaved and lollipop-curved the lineup to death.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Padres lost 4-3 to the White Sox on Friday in a manner that has become familiar.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The Angels lost, 7-6, to the Colorado Rockies on Friday night, falling to a team that for much of the year was on pace to break record for futility set by the Chicago White Sox last season.
    Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Overspent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overspent. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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