overspent

verb

past tense of overspend
as in depleted

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overspent
  1. depleted
  2. exhausted
  3. consumed
  4. spent
  5. splurged
  6. squandered
  7. wasted
  8. lost
Verb
  • Politifact reported that the Ukrainian attacks have depleted Russian diesel fuel exports, which has left a hole in the global market and ratcheted up the price.
    — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Left unplugged overnight, the battery only depleted a few percent.
    — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of depleted
Verb
  • Trump is waging a campaign in the final moments of the midterm election to quell discontent among farmers, truckers and drivers exhausted by $4 gas and near-record diesel.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
  • In an interview with the Financial Times, published today, Zelenskyy indicated his own patience had been exhausted.
    — David Hickey, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of exhausted
Verb
  • For months the saga consumed nearly all the media coverage in the Maine race, turning Collins, the five-term incumbent, into an afterthought.
    — Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 26 Oct. 2026
  • For over a month, the country has been consumed by protests that erupted into widespread riots last weekend.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of consumed
Verb
  • The network known as Fairshake spent $40 million in 2024 to unseat Brown, then the Senate Banking Committee chair; after Brown lost, crypto antagonist-in-chief Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts replaced him as the panel’s top Democrat.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • His campaign has a budget of about $30,000 and has spent $7,000 on advertising, running a spot on streaming services in four Texas counties where Libertarians have fared better in recent elections.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of spent
Verb
  • Rodrigo Bentancur The Uruguayan was not even supposed to be in the starting XI after Spurs splurged £180million on new midfielders in the summer.
    — Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • E-commerce boomed during the pandemic, when shoppers, flush with stimulus cash, splurged on new items.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of splurged
Verb
  • Chicago embarrassed Philadelphia, while the Eagles squandered a late lead against the Rams before suffering an improbable loss to the Jaguars in London.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Drew Rasmussen squandered a two-run lead on the mound, Tampa Bay's bullpen let the game get away and the Rays stumbled to a 7-3 loss against the Cleveland Guardians in their American League Championship Series opener Monday night.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of squandered
Verb
  • If Republicans lose big next month, there’ll be a brawl to assign blame — which consultants blew it, which ads wasted money, which issues didn’t work.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • If that is impossible for systems much larger than atoms, many of humanity’s current technological efforts would be wasted.
    — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of wasted
Verb
  • Germany lost its status in science in the 1930s when many leading physicists fled from fascism.
    — Mattanjah de Vries, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Between 2023 and 2026, Florida has lost 80,000 students, returning to 2016 enrollment levels.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of lost
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