overwhelming
that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
so great as to render resistance or opposition useless: an overwhelming majority.
Origin of overwhelming
1Other words from overwhelming
- o·ver·whelm·ing·ly, adverb
- o·ver·whelm·ing·ness, noun
Words Nearby overwhelming
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How to use overwhelming in a sentence
These sky-high stakes make it clear that the first clinical rollouts of human genome editing need overwhelming justification.
A CRISPR Baby Future? New Report Outlines Path to Human Germline Editing | Shelly Fan | September 15, 2020 | Singularity HubIn the mid-1990s, few anticipated the overwhelming pervasiveness of today’s social-media behemoths—or the volume and variety of deleterious material they would spread.
Why the most controversial US internet law is worth saving | Amy Nordrum | September 9, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewSignificant majorities of Democrats, Republicans, and independents recognize access to high-quality, affordable childcare as an important issue, with overwhelming support among men and women and across major racial and ethnic categories.
Millennials and Gen Zers need better childcare. Can either Biden or Trump deliver? | matthewheimer | August 29, 2020 | FortuneWhat we have seen over the last few months, and most recently with the brutal police shooting of Jacob Blake, is overwhelming.
WNBA players and Naomi Osaka go on strike for Jacob Blake | Claire Zillman, reporter | August 27, 2020 | FortunePlanning a wedding can be overwhelming, she says, and the pandemic makes it that much worse.
How to turn down a wedding invitation during the coronavirus pandemic | Brooke Henderson | August 23, 2020 | Fortune
Dean Teresa A. Sullivan praised the “overwhelming response by this community to condemn the evil acts” reported by Rolling Stone.
Why It Was Right to Question Rolling Stone’s U-VA Rape Story | Michael Moynihan | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAn overwhelming amount of subtleties and implications were going over my head.
There was no assassin but despite the overwhelming presence of troops and FBI agents, violent incidents still occurred.
Honoring The Late John Doar, A Nearly Forgotten Hero Of The Civil Rights Era | Gary May | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAn overwhelming majority of yes votes—89 of them—came from Republican men.
Even in deep red, rural states, universal background checks enjoy overwhelming support.
One of the Midterms’ Little-Noticed Big Losers: The NRA | Cliff Schecter | November 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe contrast between the open street and the enclosed stuffiness of the dim and crowded interior was overwhelming.
Hilda Lessways | Arnold BennettThus it was that he himself created the morale which enabled him again and again to conquer against overwhelming odds.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonSo long as Christians have an overwhelming majority who will not touch the drains, diphtheria must continue.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordBlake and Cuesta were each defeated by an overwhelming combination of the different French armies.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonThe 1851 State Constitution was ratified by the voters by an overwhelming majority at the next election.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. Torpey
British Dictionary definitions for overwhelming
/ (ˌəʊvəˈwɛlmɪŋ) /
overpowering in effect, number, or force
Derived forms of overwhelming
- overwhelmingly, adverb
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