overcrowding
/ (ˌəʊvəˈkraʊdɪŋ) /
a state of being filled with more people or things than is desirable; congestion
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How to use overcrowding in a sentence
Hours of delays, EMTs called in to treat those passing out from overcrowding.
In 1989, dozens of soccer fans were crushed to death due to overcrowding in a South Yorkshire stadium.
Inquiry Finds Police Cover-Up in Deaths of 96 Fans at Hillsborough | Peter Jukes | September 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST“The big issues are overcrowding, lack of running water, and lack of sanitation,” said Cole.
More deaths on Everest underscore its problems with overcrowding and unstable weather and geography, writes Nick Heil.
Mount Everest Suffers From Too Many Climbers and Deteriorating Conditions | Nick Heil | May 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIf overcrowding was also part of their calculus, there was no mention of it on the site.
Mount Everest Suffers From Too Many Climbers and Deteriorating Conditions | Nick Heil | May 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
The health of villagers, notwithstanding the pure air, is often prejudiced by the overcrowding of cottages.
The Hills and the Vale | Richard JefferiesIn some instances, this meant overcrowding so serious as to threaten morals and health.
Negro Migration during the War | Emmett J. ScottIn this way the league tried to reduce overcrowding and extortionate rentals.
Negro Migration during the War | Emmett J. ScottA society has been formed, I see, to agitate against this overcrowding; but it seems to me it will only waste its pains.
America To-day, Observations and Reflections | William ArcherNotwithstanding their hard life the people are cheerful and fairly well off, for polyandry has prevented overcrowding.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir | Sir James McCrone Douie
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