overpopulated

Examples

• All

• Their island nation was small, overpopulated, and lacked natural resources.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Jackie says she wouldn't bring children into this world, that it's overpopulated and hypocritical.

  Shampoo (1975)

• Nevertheless, suburban life in an overpopulated city like his entailed spending at least some time stuck in traffic: weekends, holidays, and increasingly, weekdays.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The former is the home of the elite, while the latter is the overpopulated and trashy "Colony," with the two connected by a massive elevator structure that brings workers back and forth.

  Blog text (29)

• This enhances the attractiveness of these areas to additional Amish settlers from their long-established but overpopulated communities in Indiana.

  Academic text (2006)

• Our ethical responsibilities as members of an urbanized society in an overpopulated and environmentally deteriorating world are different from those of a Massachusetts farmer in 1776, just as they are different from those of a Yanomam leader today.

  Academic text (2003)

• India is one of the most overpopulated countries in the world.

• The small island was overpopulated and lacked natural resources.

• It's hard to find peace in an overpopulated city filled with noise.

Synonyms

O

overcrowded

vsoverpopulated

18 3.1

Too many people or things in a place so it feels uncomfortable

indicates more people than support or safety allow rather than only tight space

Antonyms

U

underpopulated

1 6.1

A place with fewer people than usual for the area

How Crowded

overpopulated

2 4.6

crowded

222 1.0

populated

2.5

underpopulated

1 6.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology