inundated

[in-uhn-dey-tid, -uhn-]

adjective

1. flooded.

   Desperate people in the inundated areas prayed for rescue even as the waters kept rising.

2. overwhelmed by a great volume of something.

   The first congratulatory email was a high for all of us; then we got another, and another, and by the end of the day we had an inundated inbox.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of inundate.

Other Word Forms

• uninundated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of inundated¹

inundate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Air Greenland’s customer service representatives have been so inundated with calls that executives curtailed their hours to alleviate pressure.

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The market has been inundated in the past decade with not only public but private biotech companies.

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Two back-to-back storms inundated large swathes of the country a week before.

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One public sector organisation in south Wales has told the BBC that while they're inundated with applications for roles like in HR or communications, attracting graduates for "specialist" roles had been challenging.

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He will tell them about the one player that, even on a team with Pujols and Torii Hunter, got inundated with requests to go somewhere or meet someone or sign something.

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