Overdue
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Late; especially, past a deadline or too late to fulfill a need.
Example sentence: Enforcement is the long overdue step to protect our Nation from external threats in a time of war. And then once we do that, we can effectively discuss a guest worker program.
Due
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Owed or owingAppropriate.Scheduled; expected.Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: Directly; exactly.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Deserved acknowledgment.(in plural dues) A membership fee.
Example sentence: If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.