waterlogged

[ waw-ter-lawgd, -logd, wot-er- ]

adjective

1. so filled or flooded with water as to be heavy or unmanageable, as a ship.
2. excessively saturated with or as if with water:

   waterlogged ground; waterlogged with fatigue.

waterlogged

/ ˈwɔːtəˌlɒɡd /

adjective

1. saturated with water
2. (of a vessel still afloat) having taken in so much water as to be unmanageable

Word History and Origins

Origin of waterlogged¹

1760–70; water + log ¹ (apparently in v. sense “(of water) to accumulate in a ship”) + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Methane-producing microbes — aptly named methanogens — thrive in these waterlogged soils.

From Science News

The indigenous Mexica fenced in and filled lake areas, creating waterlogged farms to feed their island city.

From MIT Technology Review

From waking up in a tent sitting in a couple inches of water, to forgetting to pack a waterproof shell during thunderstorm season, I’ve been left waterlogged and grumpy from being caught unprepared more times than I’d like to admit.

From Outside Online

The pool is easy to drain, so you don’t need to stress about a waterlogged lawn.

From Popular-Science

Redbud is adaptable to different soil types and pH but won’t grow in waterlogged conditions.

From Washington Post

But among reams of waterlogged documents, troops wading in water four feet deep spotted Hebrew lettering among the Arabic.

From The Daily Beast

This view from the Kimball Theater shows a waterlogged Colonial Williamsburg.

From The Daily Beast

Instantly it became motionless, and sank, like a waterlogged twig, to the level of the mud.

From Project Gutenberg

Every autumn some of them became waterlogged, and not a few were never heard of after leaving the port of loading.

From Project Gutenberg

The sky was waterlogged and the grey ceiling, overstrained, had sagged and dropped to the level of the chimneys.

From Project Gutenberg

Erelong, swallowing water at his present rate, the professor must inevitably become waterlogged.

From Project Gutenberg

Waterlogged as she was, it had only needed that last great sea to send her down bodily.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• soaked
• sodden
• soggy
• wet