overcrowded
adjective
over·crowd·ed
ˌō-vər-ˈkrau̇-dəd 
: crowded or filled to excess : having too many people or things
overcrowded streets/cities/classrooms
living in overcrowded conditions
… having an overcrowded space can make it hard for buyers to … visualize their own belongings in the space, said Los Angeles-based designer Francesca Grace.—
Jennifer Tzeses
Jennifer Tzeses… some 5 million workers commute for up to three hours on trains so overcrowded that there seem to be as many passengers hanging on to the outside of the carriages as there are inside.—Ismail Merchant
Ismail MerchantExamples of overcrowded in a Sentence
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The area, in Rafah’s northwest, was overcrowded with tents from people fleeing the assault on the city, which the Biden administration has warned against because of the risk to civilians lives.
—Ethan Bronner / Bloomberg, TIME, 27 May 2024
Housing instability takes many forms, including living in overcrowded, substandard situations.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
The report states that Sykesville Middle School is projected to be inadequate or overcrowded in fiscal 2028, with all other middle schools and all high schools rated adequate through fiscal 2029.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2024
In 2014, a panel of three federal judges tasked with forcing California to reduce the population of its overcrowded prisons ordered the state to start considering parole for people aged 60 and older who had served at least 25 years of their sentence.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
Both are overcrowded and facing dire conditions, U.N. and aid groups have said.
—Kayla Guo, New York Times, 18 May 2024
Most of Gaza’s 2.2 million residents have been forced to leave their homes, often multiple times throughout the war, with many now living in ramshackle tents, classrooms or overcrowded apartments.
—Ben Shpigel, New York Times, 11 May 2024
Many of the neighbors acknowledged that the area would be developed one way or another but hoped that plans would better address surrounding infrastructure, transportation, water and overcrowded schools.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 8 May 2024
Living conditions were overcrowded, unsanitary, and full of contagious diseases, which children then spread throughout classrooms.
—TIME, 8 May 2024
Ethan Bronner / Bloomberg, TIME, 27 May 2024
Housing instability takes many forms, including living in overcrowded, substandard situations.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
The report states that Sykesville Middle School is projected to be inadequate or overcrowded in fiscal 2028, with all other middle schools and all high schools rated adequate through fiscal 2029.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2024
In 2014, a panel of three federal judges tasked with forcing California to reduce the population of its overcrowded prisons ordered the state to start considering parole for people aged 60 and older who had served at least 25 years of their sentence.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
Both are overcrowded and facing dire conditions, U.N. and aid groups have said.
—Kayla Guo, New York Times, 18 May 2024
Most of Gaza’s 2.2 million residents have been forced to leave their homes, often multiple times throughout the war, with many now living in ramshackle tents, classrooms or overcrowded apartments.
—Ben Shpigel, New York Times, 11 May 2024
Many of the neighbors acknowledged that the area would be developed one way or another but hoped that plans would better address surrounding infrastructure, transportation, water and overcrowded schools.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 8 May 2024
Living conditions were overcrowded, unsanitary, and full of contagious diseases, which children then spread throughout classrooms.
—TIME, 8 May 2024
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“Overcrowded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overcrowded. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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