🚫 Exceeding allowed 💸 Extra penalty 📈 Excess amount

overlimit

4.7

Above an allowed limit for things like weight and spending

adjective
/ˈoʊvərˌlɪmɪt/

: excesivo

If your credit card balance is overlimit, you may face extra fees.

Examples

The driver received a ticket for carrying an overlimit load on the highway.
Fishing with an overlimit catch can result in a fine from authorities.
This account is currently overlimit due to excessive spending.
Are you aware that your usage is overlimit?
The driver received a ticket for carrying an overlimit load on the highway.
If your credit card balance is overlimit, you may face extra fees.
Fishing with an overlimit catch can result in a fine from authorities.

Synonyms

too large

vsoverlimit

31 1.0

More than what is needed or allowed

refers to surpassing a formal or allowed measurement or rule

overlarge

vsoverlimit

1 4.7

Too big for the person or room

applies to crossing a fixed or legal limit rather than mere size

How Excessive

egregious

58 8.9

overlimit

4.7

borderline

62 5.3

acceptable

477 2.5

Surface Forms

overlimit positive

overlimiter comparative

overlimitest superlative

Morphology

overlimit = limit (transparent) = over + limit

Clear, productive combination of the prefix 'over-' meaning 'exceeding' with the noun 'limit', yielding 'exceeding a limit'.

Etymology

The word overlimit comes from the parts over 'too much' and limit 'allowed amount'. So it literally means 'above the limit', which is why it describes something that exceeds a set or legal limit.