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
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
Dear Customer, We are returning this check to you because your account is overdrawn and the transaction cannot be honored.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
