OVERSPENT Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

overspent

verb

past tense of overspend

as in depleted

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After playing in a limited role in Miami’s season opener at Stanford, Dunnigan started at safety opposite Zechariah Poyser each of the Hurricanes’ next three games as injuries have depleted the team’s secondary.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
And as this line starts moving across the page, this black band starts getting thinner and thinner as Napoleon’s army is getting depleted.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of depleted

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In fact, even before the show actually starts, Bob can be exhausted, having been awake since some ridiculous hour.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
Shapiro eventually concedes that good-faith developers are at the Homer City campus, something that earns a broad smile from Steffee, exhausted by the politics.

— Salena Zito, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of exhausted

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At least Mark Zuckerberg had the decency to be duplicitous, Altman is just openly consumed by the mania of trying to win the most important technological arms race since the atom bomb.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026
The same technology that’s transformed how audiobooks are consumed has also changed how they’re made.

— Brian Raftery, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of consumed

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Messner was convicted of bankruptcy fraud in 1995 and spent about two years in prison.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
This is one of the newer segments to join Spotify, which has also been expanding from podcasting and music into fitness, in a push to increase customer stickiness and the time spent on the platform.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of spent

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The Dodgers squandered home-field advantage and a chance to take control of the National League Division Series, losing 3-2 to the Atlanta Braves at Dodger Stadium and evening the series.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Last season yielded a different kind, as the Astros squandered a seven-game division lead at midseason and missed the playoffs.

— Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of squandered

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The routes are mapped out to ensure that not a drop of fuel goes wasted; however, there comes a point when costs must be passed on to customers or operating is no longer economical, Diaz said.

— Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
Pages had wasted the Dodgers’ second challenge on a clear strike moments earlier.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of wasted

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The neighborhood/area The fishing village of Conca dei Marini remains a lovely reminder of what this whole coast was once like—sleepy, charming, lost in time.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
In the latest case, a 15-year-old boy lost a hand Monday in an incident involving a police stun grenade.

— NICOLAS GARRIGA, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

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