waterlogged
Americanadjective
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so filled or flooded with water as to be heavy or unmanageable, as a ship.
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excessively saturated with or as if with water.
waterlogged ground; waterlogged with fatigue.
adjective
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saturated with water
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(of a vessel still afloat) having taken in so much water as to be unmanageable
Etymology
Origin of waterlogged
1760–70; water + log 1 (apparently in v. sense “(of water) to accumulate in a ship”) + -ed 2
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A further comment said the site had become waterlogged, turning a "once beautiful forest" into a "fly-tipping incident".
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
In the filmmaker’s imagination, the trick of hiding Greek warriors inside a wood contraption was more believable if it looked like a waterlogged offering to a god left by a departed army.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
His repeated attempts to flex expensive restaurant bills and hardman tough talk land like a waterlogged handkerchief after he’s spent song after song cataloging all the specific ways we’ve all hurt his feelings.
From Salon ● May 21, 2026
When soil is damp but not completely waterlogged, nitrogen breakdown may stop midway, producing nitrous oxide instead of harmless nitrogen gas.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 22, 2026
The waterlogged fibers weighed a ton, and they clung to my fingers as I tried to hurl piles away.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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