waterlogged
Americanadjective
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so filled or flooded with water as to be heavy or unmanageable, as a ship.
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excessively saturated with or as if with water.
waterlogged ground; waterlogged with fatigue.
adjective
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saturated with water
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(of a vessel still afloat) having taken in so much water as to be unmanageable
Etymology
Origin of waterlogged
1760–70; water + log 1 (apparently in v. sense “(of water) to accumulate in a ship”) + -ed 2
Example Sentences
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A spokesperson said one puffin had been found "waterlogged" in Cruden Bay but was being cared for by rescuers.
From BBC
They alight in a waterlogged Liverpool and discover the broken social factions that have cropped up in the wake of environmental collapse.
From Los Angeles Times
As the boat became waterlogged, the men were left sitting in frigid water.
Vindolanda is well known among archaeologists for its exceptional preservation of organic materials, thanks to the site's waterlogged soil.
From Science Daily
They form when waterlogged soils accumulate layers of dead vegetation over thousands of years.
From Science Daily
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