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overpopulated

/ 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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"If restrictions are lifted too early, they can risk an overpopulated airspace, while on the flip side, restrictions remaining in place longer than they need to can lead to unnecessary delays, which no one wants".

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

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One thing stood out: The roots of their sentiments lay in concerns that the United States has become overpopulated.

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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.

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She agreed with the agency’s argument that it had the authority to round up horses as soon as it determined the herd was overpopulated.

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