to overspend
- verb
- /ˌoʊvərˈspɛnd/
- If you don't keep track of your expenses, you might overspend on things you don't need.
- overspend your budget
- overspend on gifts
- people who overspend
I still don't feel great when I overspend on Amazon.
- I still don't feel great when I overspend on Amazon.
- What tool or tools do people often overspend on?
- It's dangerous because real estate is so easy to overspend on.
- People did overspend on Tulip bulbs, and they did lose money, according to Gold Gar in her book.
- This also does help me personally avoid overspending during Black Friday because I don't know if it's like a dopamine hit or what.
- Often size is one of them, often bureaucracy, often overspending on the military.
- Doesn't it make sense to invest in Californians rather than waste money overspending in our jails?
- So, but I did keep it in mind, you know, that we don't overspend.
- And I think a lot of people, probably more people relate to your experience of maybe overspending or saying yes to everything.
- So don't overspend on therapy, spent therapy based on what you can afford.
Examples
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The problem is probably that you're overspending what money you do have, and working more isn't going to help that much.
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Mrs. Massey has continued to overspend and has not looked for work.
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If you overspend in one area, you will have to cut another area.
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The US government overspends; to do that, they have to sell debt to someone.
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I still don't feel great when I overspend on Amazon.
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Even frugal parents overspend on first babies, birthdays, and school days.
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Regina worried that they were overspending and would have to eat beans for a year to balance their budget?
Fiction book (1992) -
Many of his principles derive from his Depression experience: don't overspend, always put something by for a rainy day, expect the worst.
Academic text (1997) -
As I cursorily reviewed our finances earlier this week, I realized that we are overspending.
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Tomorrow's the Wildflower Plant sale, and I'm sure I'll once again overspend buying plants I haven't yet prepared beds for.
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Synonyms
To spend a lot of money to treat yourself
Spend a lot of money on something, usually to celebrate or treat yourself
Spend more money than planned for a project
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overspend is made of over- meaning 'too much' and spend meaning 'to use money', like in oversleep where over- shows 'too much'. So, to overspend is to 'use too much money' and therefore spend more than you planned or can afford.