overcrowded

adjective

over·​crowd·​ed ˌō-vər-ˈkrau̇-dəd 

: crowded or filled to excess : having too many people or things

overcrowded streets/cities/classrooms

living in overcrowded conditions

… having an overcrowded space can make it hard for buyers to … visualize their own belongings in the space, said Los Angeles-based designer Francesca Grace.

—Jennifer Tzeses

… some 5 million workers commute for up to three hours on trains so overcrowded that there seem to be as many passengers hanging on to the outside of the carriages as there are inside.

—Ismail Merchant

Examples of overcrowded in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Animal fostering is an essential part of pet rescue, helping to create space in overcrowded shelters; offer a secure and nurturing space for animals recovering from trauma or illness; and provide more individualized attention and training, which can help their chances of being adopted later on. —Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024

This was the year Dimes Square finally lost its cool, or at least got overcrowded, so everyone migrated down Canal instead. —The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024

As a result, planners have turned to technology, most recently generative AI, to help design, analyze, and develop overcrowded areas. —Seydina Fall, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024

The camp is notoriously overcrowded, with no parks or green spaces, which may explain why Rami and his friends were playing in the run-down parking lot when he was shot. —Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of overcrowd

First Known Use

1725, in the meaning defined above