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Synonyms

overpopulated

British  
/ ˌəʊvəˈpɒpjʊˌleɪtɪd /

adjective

  1. having too many inhabitants for the available space or resources

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Michael Charles, a solicitor specialising in education across Wales and England, said ALN schools had become "very overpopulated".

From BBC Nov. 8, 2025

And the human species is way overpopulated, about four times overpopulated now.

From Salon Nov. 30, 2024

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 Apr. 29, 2024

Instead of moving 90,000 residents out of the overpopulated district and into the underpopulated one, the state swapped more than 50,000 residents into the overpopulated district and moved 140,000 residents out of it.

From Slate Oct. 11, 2023

I was sure the request would be something utterly fantastic and for a moment I was sorry I'd ever set foot upon his overpopulated lawn.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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