over-budgetadv.adj.

1975 Forbes (Nexis) 15 Mar. 92/1 Expo '67 ran $200 million over budget, but opened right on time.

1977 Broadcast 19 Dec. 3/2 Currently BBC Scotland is running at 5% over-budget.

1983 Forbes 12 Sept. 40/2 Sometimes it's artistic indulgence—like the time Millaney knowingly went overbudget on a remake of Psycho.

2001 Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 30 Oct. There's got to be a look at why the ERI [= the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary] has gone so badly wrong. It has gone seriously overbudget.

1976 Forbes (Nexis) 1 Apr. 25 Adams, however, appears to have taken an even-handed stand against efforts to sneak in extra over-budget appropriations whether they come from liberals or conservatives.

1991 N. Fowler Ministers Decide 168 Unless some special addition is made, the result of an over-budget pay settlement is a limit on the expansion of new services.

2000 Bath Chron. (Electronic ed.) 4 July The committee was told that an anonymous benefactor from the village had put up the cash needed to put the overbudget scheme back on track.