OVERSPENDING Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

overspending

verb

present participle of overspend

as in spending

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After arriving at the hospital and spending nearly an hour with hospital staff filling out paperwork, I was handed another form accepting financial responsibility.

— Scott Levenson, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
Teams are tight-knit, spending practically every moment together from Spring Training through October in what can be described as a 162-game marathon.

— Don Riddell, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of spending

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However, payment amounts could change unless Congress takes action to address the depleting fund.

— Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
El Nino is already fueling wildfires across farmland, depleting water supplies for major cities and hurting fish catches in the region.

— EDNA TARIGAN, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of depleting

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Divsteps therefore requires a record of its branching decisions, potentially consuming enormous numbers of additional qubits.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
His release conditions prohibit him from possessing or using firearms, contacting Goldfein or consuming alcohol.

— Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of consuming

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Experts say such higher pump prices will continue to squeeze lower-income shoppers, while higher-income shoppers buoyed by stock market gains will keep splurging on discretionary purchases.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
Consider splurging for one of the Signature Rooms, which feature large balconies overlooking the harbor, one of the busiest waterways in Bermuda; watching sailboats and day-cruisers jet across the cobalt waters never gets old.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of splurging

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So, get ready for mountain vistas and exhausting cycling days to take your breath away and questions about your life choices to swirl around in your head!

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2026
On the third bike was Jenny Brookes, Zero's senior global brand manager, who rode a standard DSR/X adventure bike for approximately 239 miles (384 km) before exhausting its battery.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of exhausting

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Advertisement Buy portions that match your appetite Throwing away part of a chicken breast means wasting more than dinner.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Chronicling the hyper-niche behaviors that define our online existence, Berlant describes the seemingly inescapable embarrassment of wasting one’s life away in an endless scroll.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of wasting

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Washington, for its part, is creating friction in many of its partnerships instead of deepening them, and risks squandering its network just as its adversaries are learning to make more of theirs.

— Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026
His legacy was one of self-destruction, an elite major leaguer who drank himself out of the game, squandering his potential for greatness.

— Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of squandering

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The measure’s primary backer, SEIU-UHW, argues the clinics are misspending funds on items like executive compensation that should go towards patient care.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Glen Gilzean, who left his Orange County post accused of misspending millions in taxpayer dollars, has been tapped as the new CEO of the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County.

— Alexa Coultoff, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026

Definition of misspending

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