overcrowding
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overcrowding
verb
- present participle and gerund of overcrowd
noun overcrowdings
- The situation where a space holds more occupants than it can comfortably accommodate. […] there are sublettings, overcrowdings of lands, clearances, and emigrations going on; and want of employment, with consequent destitution and wretchedness is the complaint of the majority of the inhabitants.
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Closest in meaning: crowdedness, crowded, congested, crowding, overpopulation, overpopulated, overgrowth, cramped, congestion, surcharge, gridlock, overloading, jams, over-crowding, overoccupancy, overoccupation
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noun having more occupants than can be accommodated
| 中文 | 人滿為患 /人满为患 rénmǎnwéihuàn |
|---|---|
| Português | sobrelotação |
| Français | surfréquentation |
| Italiano | sovrafrequentazione |
| Русский | переполне́ние perepolnénije, перенаселе́ние perenaselénije |
Talk about this word "overcrowding." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/overcrowding. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. overcrowding. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/overcrowding "overcrowding." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/overcrowding.Cite this
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title = {overcrowding},
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