Overwait

Quick meaning: Overwait is a verb meaning (transitive) To wait for an excessive amount of time; wait beyond the time allowed or expected; wait too long.

Meaning

(transitive) To wait for an excessive amount of time; wait beyond the time allowed or expected; wait too long.

More Meanings

1. The period of time one overwaits; an excessive duration of waiting; delay.

Example Sentences

But they have objected that this word oppresse is incertain; for he may be oppressed with overwait, or hunger and cold.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• overwaits
• overwaiting
• overwaited

Related Words

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