overstayed

Didn't leave timely

Overstayed is the past tense of overstay, meaning to remain somewhere longer than intended, allowed, or welcome.

Someone overstays a visa by remaining in a country past its expiration.

A guest who overstays their welcome has lingered until the host wants them gone: We overstayed by three days and could tell they were ready for us to leave.

unwelcome

outstayed

Remained past appropriate time

unwanted · prolonged · uncomfortable · awkward · excessive · overlong · intruder · gatecrasher · interloper · freeloader

visa

expired

No longer in effect

undocumented · deportation · immigration · extension · compliance · penalty · fine · ban · status · permit

imposition

intrusion

Unauthorized entry into space

infringement · disregard · presumption · impertinence · audacity · boundary · disrespect · transgression · taking liberties · overstepping

tedium

exhausting

Depleting one's stamina

tedious · wearing · taxing · monotonous · endless · interminable · dragging on · stale · unbearable · insufferable

Opposites
duration of stay

overstayedcut short

End before completion

popped in · passed through · came and went

timeliness of departure

overstayedtook leave

Departed or claimed absence

bowed out

Phrases
Family

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