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Definition of overpeopled in English: overpeopledadjective əʊvəˈpiːp(ə)ldˌōvərˈpēpəld (of a place) containing an excessive number of people. an increasingly overpeopled world Example sentencesExamples - This parish, in its present position, is over-peopled.
- The mere knowledge of the absolute number of people in a country will never enable us to form any accurate opinion whether that country is overpeopled or not.
- Scotland is certainly over-peopled, but not so much as it was a century or half a century ago.
- It has created one of the most complex and over-peopled health bureaucracies in New Zealand's history.
- A country in which the inhabitants cannot find employment, is decidedly over-peopled.
Synonyms overfull, overflowing, full to bursting, full to overflowing, crammed full, cram-full, jammed, packed like sardines, congested, choked, overloaded, overpopulated, overrun, crowded, thronged, swarming, teeming
Definition of overpeopled in US English: overpeopledadjectiveˌōvərˈpēpəld (of a place) containing an excessively large number of people. an increasingly overpeopled world Example sentencesExamples - This parish, in its present position, is over-peopled.
- A country in which the inhabitants cannot find employment, is decidedly over-peopled.
- Scotland is certainly over-peopled, but not so much as it was a century or half a century ago.
- The mere knowledge of the absolute number of people in a country will never enable us to form any accurate opinion whether that country is overpeopled or not.
- It has created one of the most complex and over-peopled health bureaucracies in New Zealand's history.
Synonyms overfull, overflowing, full to bursting, full to overflowing, crammed full, cram-full, jammed, packed like sardines, congested, choked, overloaded, overpopulated, overrun, crowded, thronged, swarming, teeming
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