overserved

adjective

over·​served ˌō-vər-ˈsərvd 

: provided with more of a service than is needed

In most places, an accident victim is much farther than 20 minutes away from such a [trauma] center. Some communities are overserved—Washington has six, when three might be enough.

—Matt Clark and Mary Hager

Denver today may be the most overserved airline market in the U.S.

—Business Week

see also overserve

Examples of overserved in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the past, that has typically meant hosting events, mediating roommate disputes, and perhaps guiding an overserved first-year safely to bed. —Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023

An overserved Ego Nwodim gets her Buckwheat on. —Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2021

Like a peacock rendered nearly flightless by gaudy tail feathers, the overserved athlete is the product of a process that has become maladaptive, and is now harming the very blue-chip demographic it was supposed to help. —Ruth S. Barrett, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2020

Instead of a sprawling party attended by the overdressed and the overserved, Derby 146 is likely to be defined by tight security and whatever goes on beyond the gates. —Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 2 Sep. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined above