overdue

🇺🇸 /ˌəʊvərˈduː/ 🇬🇧 /ˌəʊvəˈdjuː/
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adjective
R

not done or paid by the expected time

The library book is overdue and needs to be returned.

R

should have happened earlier

This change is long overdue and very welcome.

translation

adj. not done or paid by the expected time; should have happened earlier