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

Most Americans chose the comfort of home testing over overcrowded testing sites. —Robert Pearl, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024

In a lawsuit against the state, Integrate NYC alleges that the city's sorting and admission process forces students of color into the most overcrowded and under-resourced schools. —Doc Louallen, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2024

Ambulances were also being sent as quickly as possible to attend to others with severe burns and to relieve overcrowded local hospitals. —Fox News, 15 Sep. 2024

The only person who senses what Oswald might be capable of is Sofia, a serial killer also known as The Hangman, who’s just been released from the overcrowded Arkham Asylum after a decade. —Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of overcrowd

First Known Use

1725, in the meaning defined above