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overbudget

adj

Etymology

From over- + budget.

  1. derived from *bʰelǵʰ-✻
  2. derived from *bolgā✻
  3. derived from bulga
  4. derived from bougette
  5. inherited from bogett
  6. prefixed as overbudget — “over + budget”

Definitions

  1. Costing more than budgeted

    • TransCanada and Exxon are involved in another major Arctic pipeline, the long-stalled and overbudget Mackenzie Gas Project in northern Canada.

  2. To budget a greater amount that is needed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for overbudget. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA