overpopulate

[oh-ver-pop-yuh-leyt]

verb (used with object), o·ver·pop·u·lat·ed, o·ver·pop·u·lat·ing.

to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.

Origin of overpopulate

First recorded in 1865–70; over- + populate

Related formso·ver·pop·u·la·tion, noun

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Your existence contributes to over-population, climate change, and species extinction.
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P. J. O’Rourke
December 6, 2014
Perhaps ironically, many hunters claimed to be “culling” the herd, thereby saving it from over-population or starvation.
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Kinky Friedman
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I don't believe in Malthus or any talk about over-population.
Shining Ferry
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
There is no fear of over-population; if there is any present danger, it is upon the other side.
Liberalism
L. T. Hobhouse
We find evidences of over-population in every old country of the world.
A Few Words About the Devil
Charles Bradlaugh
I am no believer in Malthusianism as a check to what is called 'over-population.'
The Drunkard
Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
There is less poverty simply because poverty is synonymous with over-population.
The Pacific Triangle
Sydney Greenbie

"over-populousness," 1807, from over- + population. Malthus (1798) had over-populousness.