- past participle of overdraw.
overdrawn
Example Sentences
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After all the other expenses, “you’re left with a couple hundred dollars to play with. Sometimes that would cause me to be overdrawn if I wasn’t expecting a specific bill.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
“We’ve never been overdrawn and we hardly used the credit cards.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2025
Their trade group, the American Bankers Assn., asserted the rule will prompt banks to offer less overdraft protection, which prevents overdrawn checks from bouncing and debit-card transactions from being declined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024
A supermarket incorrectly charged a woman £533 for two peppers, leaving her overdrawn and incurring bank charges.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2024
The quantum laws are more liberal and allow you to be overdrawn on one or two accounts provided the total balance is positive.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
