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
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
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Most of Gaza’s 2.2 million residents have been forced to leave their homes, often multiple times throughout the war, with many now living in ramshackle tents, classrooms or overcrowded apartments.
—Ben Shpigel, New York Times, 11 May 2024
Many of the neighbors acknowledged that the area would be developed one way or another but hoped that plans would better address surrounding infrastructure, transportation, water and overcrowded schools.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 8 May 2024
Living conditions were overcrowded, unsanitary, and full of contagious diseases, which children then spread throughout classrooms.
—TIME, 8 May 2024
Lehrer recently applied for bail after five months incarcerated in the severely overcrowded prison.
—Nina Burleigh, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 May 2024
That said, the administration also vehemently opposed a major invasion of Rafah because of the inevitable loss of life in the overcrowded refuge.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
The stations were announced earlier this year to address overcrowded Superchargers in Queens, the Bronx, and Brooklyn.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 1 May 2024
When Lindsey Decker, vice president of Albert’s Dog Lounge, first learned about Fergie from Second Chance Shelter’s partner in Wisconsin, she was stunned that the 13-year-old dog had spent nearly her entire life in the overcrowded shelter.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2024
If a significant percentage of current magnet bus riders are forced to attend their resides school, some schools will become overcrowded, so district leaders said boundary lines will have to be altered.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 11 Apr. 2024
Ben Shpigel, New York Times, 11 May 2024
Many of the neighbors acknowledged that the area would be developed one way or another but hoped that plans would better address surrounding infrastructure, transportation, water and overcrowded schools.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 8 May 2024
Living conditions were overcrowded, unsanitary, and full of contagious diseases, which children then spread throughout classrooms.
—TIME, 8 May 2024
Lehrer recently applied for bail after five months incarcerated in the severely overcrowded prison.
—Nina Burleigh, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 May 2024
That said, the administration also vehemently opposed a major invasion of Rafah because of the inevitable loss of life in the overcrowded refuge.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
The stations were announced earlier this year to address overcrowded Superchargers in Queens, the Bronx, and Brooklyn.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 1 May 2024
When Lindsey Decker, vice president of Albert’s Dog Lounge, first learned about Fergie from Second Chance Shelter’s partner in Wisconsin, she was stunned that the 13-year-old dog had spent nearly her entire life in the overcrowded shelter.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2024
If a significant percentage of current magnet bus riders are forced to attend their resides school, some schools will become overcrowded, so district leaders said boundary lines will have to be altered.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 11 Apr. 2024
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