Slept longer than intended, missing a scheduled time or appointment.
From 'over-' meaning excessively plus 'slept' (past tense of sleep). The compound became common in English by the 1800s.
You're most likely to oversleep after staying up late the night before—it's because your brain never fully enters deep sleep, so when the alarm goes off, your drowsy brain just... hits snooze!
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