overbudgeted

Planned too expensively

Overbudgeted describes something allocated more money than necessary or prudent.

A project that's overbudgeted has been given excessive funds: The film was overbudgeted and still went over.

It can also describe spending that exceeded what was planned: We overbudgeted on marketing and had to cut elsewhere.

excess

overspending

Exceeding one's budget

overallocation · surplus · bloated · inflated · padded · swollen · ballooned · exceeded · overdone · overextended

costly

expensive

Costing much money

steep · prohibitive · lavish · extravagant · excessive · premium · high-end · splurge · luxury

mismanagement

wasteful

Using resources carelessly

bungling · botched · blunder · misjudgment · imprudent · reckless · irresponsible · misguided · misdirected · disorganized

fiscal

allocation

Distribution of shares

funding · finance · fiscal · monetary · treasury · capital · revenue · resources · projection · planning

Opposites
budget allocation level

overbudgetedunderbudgeted

Allocated inadequate financial resources

underfunded · underfinanced · undercapitalized · cash-strapped · shortchanged

Family

overbudget

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G