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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Woodward was renegotiating the contract before leaving office, but the conversation stalled as the county pushed a tax measure to replace the long-outdated and overcrowded facility downtown.
—Tim Clouser, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2025
Most of the public-land horses and burros that do get legally removed end up in federal holding facilities, which are now overcrowded because the government can’t give the animals away fast enough.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2025
Griffin's motion is the latest volley in the nearly two-year-old legal fight between the attorney general's office and the Board of Corrections over the board's efforts to challenge the authority of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to move inmates to prisons that were considered overcrowded.
—Arkansas Online, 23 July 2025
Recent viral videos showing overcrowded decks and unruly crowds of all races have not helped.
—Essence, 18 July 2025
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Tim Clouser, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2025
Most of the public-land horses and burros that do get legally removed end up in federal holding facilities, which are now overcrowded because the government can’t give the animals away fast enough.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2025
Griffin's motion is the latest volley in the nearly two-year-old legal fight between the attorney general's office and the Board of Corrections over the board's efforts to challenge the authority of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to move inmates to prisons that were considered overcrowded.
—Arkansas Online, 23 July 2025
Recent viral videos showing overcrowded decks and unruly crowds of all races have not helped.
—Essence, 18 July 2025
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“Overcrowded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overcrowded. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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