overdrawn
/ˌəʊvəˈsteɪtɪd/adjective, verb
overdrawn is an adjective meaning “Portrayed in an overstated or exaggerated manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled O-V-E-R-D-R-A-W-N and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 4 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does overdrawn mean?
adjective
- 1
Portrayed in an overstated or exaggerated manner.
verb
- 1
past participle of overdraw
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce overdrawn?
- UK /ˌəʊvəˈsteɪtɪd/
Overdrawn has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of overdrawn
- more overdrawn comparative
- most overdrawn superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is overdrawn?
Overdrawn appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).