Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
/ˌəʊvəˈweɪt/ · verb
(transitive) To wait for an excessive amount of time; wait beyond the time allowed or expected; wait too long..
I didn't waste any time getting to sleep, and the orderly didn't overwait his time, either. I miscalculated on the moon and the depth of our chasm. I expected the moon to appear some time before midnight, but she didn't.
I'm convinced we behave like this because most of us overwait for times of respite, and then we try to cram a month's peace into two weeks of hectic vacationing.
But they have objected that this word oppresse is incertain; for he may be oppressed with overwait, or hunger and cold.
Use overwait when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Overwait means (transitive) To wait for an excessive amount of time; wait beyond the time allowed or expected; wait too long..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I didn't waste any time getting to sleep, and the orderly didn't overwait his time, either. I miscalculated on the moon and the depth of our chasm. I expected the moon to appear some time before midnight, but she didn't.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.