overpopulated
Britishadjective
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Michael Charles, a solicitor specialising in education across Wales and England, said ALN schools had become "very overpopulated".
From BBC
"If restrictions are lifted too early, they can risk an overpopulated airspace, while on the flip side, restrictions remaining in place longer than they need to can lead to unnecessary delays, which no one wants".
From BBC
And the human species is way overpopulated, about four times overpopulated now.
From Salon
One thing stood out: The roots of their sentiments lay in concerns that the United States has become overpopulated.
From Salon
That’s the way nature designed it and how it worked for thousands of years until humans mucked it up — mostly as we overpopulated California after World War II.
From Los Angeles Times
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