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overcrowd
[ oh-ver-kroud ]
overcrowd
/ ˌəʊəˈʊ /
verb
- tr to fill (a room, vehicle, city, etc) with more people or things than is desirable
Word History and Origins
Origin of overcrowd1
Example Sentences
The camp is overcrowded, accommodating more than 9,000 people - three times the number it was designed for.
Due to overcrowding and unsafe conditions, he was released from detention in 2020.
Renewed 35 times by March 2025, it has led to mass incarceration and overcrowded prisons, where reports of abuse and neglect are common.
Families are unable to say goodbye to loved ones because of changes to death certificates which has also led to overcrowded mortuaries, a funeral director has said.
One Virginia facility, for example, experienced a mumps outbreak in 2019, which the organization says was exacerbated by unsafe and overcrowded conditions.
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