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overpopulate
[ oh-ver-pop-yuh-leyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities:
Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
Other Word Forms
- v·DZu·tDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of overpopulate1
Example Sentences
"If restrictions are lifted too early, they can risk an overpopulated airspace, while on the flip side, restrictions remaining in place longer than they need to can lead to unnecessary delays, which no one wants".
Authorities are now looking at translocating some animals so they don't overpopulate the area.
And the human species is way overpopulated, about four times overpopulated now.
One thing stood out: The roots of their sentiments lay in concerns that the United States has become overpopulated.
That’s the way nature designed it and how it worked for thousands of years until humans mucked it up — mostly as we overpopulated California after World War II.
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