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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Asked about complaints of overcrowding and substandard conditions in detention facilities, Homan acknowledged some facilities are overcrowded during intake.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
Schools are overcrowded, teachers are stretched thin and health systems face rising costs.
—Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
Clara says the center is overcrowded, medical care is limited, and there are children and elderly people there, as well.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
The chaos of our real world is mirrored in the overcrowded mess of a Pittsburgh emergency room manned by exhausted health care workers who get punched in the face for all their heroic efforts.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 12 June 2025
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Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
Schools are overcrowded, teachers are stretched thin and health systems face rising costs.
—Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
Clara says the center is overcrowded, medical care is limited, and there are children and elderly people there, as well.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
The chaos of our real world is mirrored in the overcrowded mess of a Pittsburgh emergency room manned by exhausted health care workers who get punched in the face for all their heroic efforts.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 12 June 2025
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“Overcrowded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overcrowded. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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