overspending

verb

present participle of overspend
as in spending

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overspending
  1. spending
  2. depleting
  3. consuming
  4. splurging
  5. exhausting
  6. wasting
  7. squandering
  8. misspending
Verb
  • The actress was recently photographed while spending some time in the Hamptons last Friday, just weeks after turning 91.
    — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • But for our customers, spending time in a boring appliance of a car might be the real madness.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 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
  • Cell-depleting therapies, which are generally considered highly effective treatments, target and remove specific immune cells.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of depleting
Verb
  • That marks a decline from the 2002–2004 period, when 79% of Catholics reported consuming alcoholic beverages.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Adding the 11-tap receiver equalizer increased the rate to 200 Gb/s, with the modulator consuming 63 fJ per bit.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of consuming
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • The challenge is integrating these capabilities into a defense that can quickly identify threats, select an appropriate response, and avoid wasting expensive interceptors on inexpensive drones.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The city of Milwaukee waited 46 years to see its team in the Fall Classic, and this year's Brewers wanted to stop wasting time.
    — Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of wasting
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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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