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overcrowd

[ oh-ver-kroud ]

/ ˌoʊ vərˈkraʊd /

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verb (used with or without object)

to crowd to an uncomfortable or undesirable excess.

Origin of overcrowd

First recorded in 1760–70; over- + crowd¹

Words nearby overcrowd

overconsumption, overcook, overcorrection, overcritical, overcrop, overcrowd, overcrowding, overcurrent, overdate, overdelicate, overdenture

Example sentences from the Web for overcrowding

Hours of delays, EMTs called in to treat those passing out from overcrowding.

Imperfect Harmony: Sochi Ain’t All That Bad |Joe Concha |February 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In 1989, dozens of soccer fans were crushed to death due to overcrowding in a South Yorkshire stadium.

Inquiry Finds Police Cover-Up in Deaths of 96 Fans at Hillsborough |Peter Jukes |September 13, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
“The big issues are overcrowding, lack of running water, and lack of sanitation,” said Cole.

Terror Prisons in The Post-Gitmo World |Noah Kristula-Green |June 27, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
More deaths on Everest underscore its problems with overcrowding and unstable weather and geography, writes Nick Heil.

Mount Everest Suffers From Too Many Climbers and Deteriorating Conditions |Nick Heil |May 23, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

If overcrowding was also part of their calculus, there was no mention of it on the site.

Mount Everest Suffers From Too Many Climbers and Deteriorating Conditions |Nick Heil |May 23, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
There would appear then to be some hope that the acme or climax of overcrowding has been passed.

The Sanitary Evolution of London |Henry Lorenzo Jephson
Overcrowding had been the rule since the Elizabethan proclamation of 1580, and it seems to have become worse under the Stuarts.

A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) |Charles Creighton
Men now considered that there was no excuse for such monstrous slums as overcrowding produced.

The Forgotten Planet |Murray Leinster
There is no better known cause of a high death rate than overcrowding.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 |Various
Overcrowding led to numerous, indeed to all sorts and kinds of diseases.

The Sanitary Evolution of London |Henry Lorenzo Jephson

British Dictionary definitions for overcrowding (1 of 2)

overcrowding

/ (ˌəʊvəˈkraʊdɪŋ) /

noun

a state of being filled with more people or things than is desirable; congestion

British Dictionary definitions for overcrowding (2 of 2)

overcrowd

/ (ˌəʊvəˈkraʊd) /

verb

(tr) to fill (a room, vehicle, city, etc) with more people or things than is desirable