Explore Overpaid through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Overpaid in a sentence
Overpaid meaning
simple past and past participle of overpay
Using Overpaid
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of overpay
- In the example corpus, overpaid often appears in combinations such as: overpaid for, have overpaid, and overpaid.
Context around Overpaid
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Overpaid
- In this selection, "overpaid" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, old, tell, club, behinds, tax and crisp stand out and add context to how "overpaid" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bloated overpaid city staff and back the overpaid money and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "overpaid" sits close to words such as abatement, abductions and abdulrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with overpaid
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I think all QBs are overpaid. (6 words)
In fact, in some cases, they were even overpaid. (9 words)
It resulted in the employee being overpaid by more than $38,000. (12 words)
I suppose their teams could, or should, just cut all of their old, overpaid behinds, but I imagine finding players who can average 7.5 to 11 sacks every 16 games isn't that easy to do. (37 words)
It’s true that some landlords can’t meet their financial obligations because, speculating on a windfall, they overpaid for buildings: They planned to replace lower-paying tenants with higher-paying occupants in newly deregulated apartments. (36 words)
If you’ve committed or attempted fraud, you’ll be told to pay back the overpaid money and you may be taken to court or asked to pay a penalty (between £350 and £5,000). (35 words)
Even after counting £120 and realising Hilary had already overpaid for the £112 room; there were still notes to count! (20 words)
Example sentences (20)
The advice applies to anyone who might have overpaid in previous years, Martin explained, with four million people known to have overpaid before.
In fact, in some cases, they were even overpaid.
I suppose their teams could, or should, just cut all of their old, overpaid behinds, but I imagine finding players who can average 7.5 to 11 sacks every 16 games isn't that easy to do.
I think all QBs are overpaid.
It resulted in the employee being overpaid by more than $38,000.
I understand that many of the people that work at local businesses, especially in Bozeman, are underworked and overpaid.
Obliging officials concocted an automated scheme using tax data to estimate the annual income of welfare recipients to see if they’d been overpaid.
Shares of US Steel surged after the announcement on Monday, while Nippon’s fell on concerns that the company had overpaid to acquire a company that has long been seen as underperforming.
The Devante Adams trade is a perfect example, give up 1st/2nd rounders when you need offensive lineman for an overrated and overpaid WR.
This could be due to you needing to repay an advance or budgeting loan or you've previously been overpaid tax credits.
What the people want is to stop the boats and to tell overpaid crisp salesmen to put a sock in it.
A major factor in United's downturn in fortunes has been poor recruitment: not only have the club overpaid in the market for numerous players, plenty of their acquisitions have massively underwhelmed.
Even after counting £120 and realising Hilary had already overpaid for the £112 room; there were still notes to count!
Hermosa is depicted as racked with lawsuits, runaway costs, and a bloated, overpaid city staff.
If you’ve committed or attempted fraud, you’ll be told to pay back the overpaid money and you may be taken to court or asked to pay a penalty (between £350 and £5,000).
In short, everyone in Hollywood seems to get a bad deal, except the hugely overpaid stars themselves.
It can be anything from a dormant bank account to a refund from an overpaid bill.
It’s true that some landlords can’t meet their financial obligations because, speculating on a windfall, they overpaid for buildings: They planned to replace lower-paying tenants with higher-paying occupants in newly deregulated apartments.
Many felt he vastly overpaid for the property and were suspicious as to why.
People who have been overpaid social welfare have a liability to refund the overpayment, she added in response to a question from Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín.
Common combinations with overpaid
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- overpaid for 9×
- have overpaid 7×
- and overpaid 6×
- are overpaid 5×
- been overpaid 4×
- overpaid to 4×
- they overpaid 4×
- overpaid and 4×
- overpaid in 3×
- way overpaid 3×