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inundated
[ in-uhn-dey-tid, -uhn- ]
adjective
- flooded:
Desperate people in the inundated areas prayed for rescue even as the waters kept rising.
- overwhelmed by a great volume of something:
The first congratulatory email was a high for all of us; then we got another, and another, and by the end of the day we had an inundated inbox.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of inundate ( def ).
Other Word Forms
- ܲ··ܲ·岹· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of inundated1
Example Sentences
Since the incident, the doctor has been inundated with abuse, and the hospital has been targeted by a bomb threat.
Their inquiries revealed that the trucks carried winter storm sediment dredged from catch basins that were quickly inundated with runoff in and around fire-scarred Altadena.
They are the new frontier of America, a strange return to some recognizable normalcy after years of being inundated with nothing but Kardashian clout-chasing.
According to US media reports, it was Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, inundated with calls from business leaders, who played a key part in swaying Trump.
We’re being inundated with mass amounts of ugliness, and the purveyors of this unsightly deluge want to bury us so deeply that we’ll forget how pleasant the world can be.
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