Dead and Overdue

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Dead adjective - No longer living.

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Overdue and dead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Overdue" instead an adjective "Dead".

Nearby Word: deadly

Overdue adjective - Not arriving, or occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time.

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Dead and overdue are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dead" instead an adjective "Overdue".

Lister, the last human, is released from his 18-month stasis punishment a little overdue, and the shipboard computer gives him a Cat descended from his own and a hologram of Lister's dead bunkmate for sanity.

Source: Grand Unified Timeline / The Far Future
Legally Dead: Quietly, when Roy and Rod are a month overdue from their scouting, Grant and Rod's close circle of friends hold a private memorial.

Source: Literature / Tunnel in the Sky

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