2. Adjective. Containing too many occupants for an area of its size. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overcrowded
1. overcrowd [v] - See also: overcrowd
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcrowded
Literary usage of Overcrowded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ethical Obligations of the Lawyer by Gleason Leonard Archer (1910)
"Is the Legal Profession overcrowded ? SEC. 144. Broadening of Lawyers' Duties.
SEC. 145. Business becoming more Complex and Hazardous. ..."
2. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"... yearly work of disease and death among a steadily underfed people. In these
overcrowded tracts the 1 Report on the Census of England and Wales for 1871. ..."
3. Journal of Proceedings, and Addresses by National Educational Association (U.S.) (1901)
"Is the curriculum overcrowded ? The answer which anyone makes to this question
will depend upon his conception of what the school is for, ..."
4. Education for Character: Moral Training in the School and Home by Frank Chapman Sharp (1917)
"How to Find Room in the overcrowded Curriculum.—"How are you going" to find room
for such a course in the already overcrowded curriculum ? ..."
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