overdrawn

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Critics say the links between Karachi’s gangsters and Islamist terrorists are overdrawn, that the real Karachi is far less glamorous than its Bollywood incarnation, and that one character’s Punjabi accent isn’t quite right.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Another law, Assembly Bill 2017, bars state-chartered banks and credit unions from charging non-sufficient funds fees on debit-card transactions that are declined because the account is overdrawn.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024

There was no whimsy to this lifestyle, just overdrawn accounts and the creeping realization that I might live this way forever.

From Slate • May 18, 2024

Its education budget is £56m overdrawn - a figure that is expected to rise to £114m by 2028.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 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