oversleep

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to sleep longer or later than intended

   I forgot to set an alarm and overslept by nearly an hour.

2. 2
   verb

   to sleep beyond a particular time or through an event

   Exhausted after the journey, they overslept the breakfast service.

Formed from over- in the sense 'too much or beyond' + sleep. The irregular past tense and past participle are overslept.

Topics