overstay
/ˌoʊvɚstˈeɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He overstayed his welcome."
- ""[H]e had overstayed his three-score and ten years by something like twenty years. He must have been ninety, if he was a day!""
- "Thailand’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha must suspend his active duties while the court decides whether he has overstayed his legal term in office."
- "For example, if USCIS approves a change of status or extension of stay for a nonimmigrant, the alien may be authorized to remain in the country beyond his or her original period of admission without qualifying as an overstay."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English stay English overstay From over- + stay.