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

A supermarket incorrectly charged a woman £533 for two peppers, leaving her overdrawn and incurring bank charges.

From BBC • Aug. 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

It recounts a recent snowstorm, how her bank account was overdrawn and how she fell off a ladder before telling him how much she missed him.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 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