In plain English
It is a time-based status for an assignment. The deadline has already passed, and it was not submitted before that point.
In context
Here, overdue marks an assignment whose due time has already passed without the assignment being turned in.
- Situation
- Submitting assignments, reading rubrics, grades, feedback, and resubmission rules
- What it communicates
- marks an assignment whose due time has passed before turn-in
Meaning limits
By itself, the term does not say why the assignment was not submitted or any result beyond the missed deadline.
Examples
“By the next morning, her biology assignment was overdue and still unsubmitted.”
“He apologised for the overdue homework before class began.”