overdraws
Spends beyond balance
Overdraws is the third-person singular of overdraw.
To overdraw is to withdraw more money from a bank account than it contains, resulting in a negative balance: She overdraws her account every month.
The word extends to exaggeration—overdrawing a description means stretching it beyond accuracy.
An overdrawn character in fiction lacks subtlety or realism.
Below required quantity
- fundsAvailable financial resources
- accountRecord of dealings
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- negativeOpposite of affirmative
fees · penalty · bounced · check · NSF · debit · transaction · charges
Represents as greater than reality
- embellishesAdds decorative elements
- inflatesFills with gas
- exaggeratesOverstates for effect
- amplifiesIncreases strength or volume
dramatizes · distorts · overemphasizes · magnifies · stretches · overplays · misrepresents · hyperbolizes
insufficient
Below required quantity
negative · fees · penalty · bounced · check · NSF · debit · transaction · charges · limit
overstates
Represents as greater than reality
- embellishesAdds decorative elements
- inflatesFills with gas
- exaggeratesOverstates for effect
amplifies · dramatizes · distorts · overemphasizes · magnifies · stretches · overplays · misrepresents · hyperbolizes · elaborates
overdrawsdeposits
Material settled or stored
saves · credits · underspends · tops up · budgets
overdrawsunderstates
Presents as less important
minimizes · underrepresents · downplays · simplifies · restrains
- overdraft feePenalty for spending beyond balance
- overdraft protectionBank-funded balance backup
- bank overdraftNegative account balance
- overdraft limitMaximum permitted negative balance