overdrawn

Example Sentences

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When the funds arrived, Puech’s account at Gonet had been overdrawn for months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025

She said digital payments risked her going overdrawn, and facing unmanageable interest and fees as a result.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2025

Their trade group, the American Bankers Assn., asserted the rule will prompt banks to offer less overdraft protection, which prevents overdrawn checks from bouncing and debit-card transactions from being declined.

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

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