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overdue

 adjective
     
o‧ver‧due
1 not done, paid, returned etc by the time expected:
an overdue gas bill
The library books are overdue.
The baby was a week overdue (=it was expected to be born a week ago).
2 something that is overdue should have happened or been done a long time ago
overdue for
He was overdue for a shave.
We welcome this announcement and think it's long overdue.
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