overparked

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UK/əʊvəˈpɑːkt/

adjective

Parked for longer than allowed by road markings, meter regulations etc.

First used 20th c.Scrabble 20
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Meanings

adjectiveoverparked (comparative more overparked, superlative most overparked)

comparative more overparked · superlative most overparked

  1. USParked for longer than allowed by road markings, meter regulations etc.First known use 20th c.

    I was long overparked, but the cops were too busy carrying girls and blowing whistles to bother about that.

    1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 32

Origin

From overpark + -ed.

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APA

overparked. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overparked

MLA

“overparked.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overparked. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overparked,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overparked.

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