Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overpopulating

/ˌoʊvɚpˈɑpjəleɪtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables
over-pop-u-lat-ing
IPA
/ˌoʊvɚpˈɑpjəleɪtɪŋ/
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of overpopulate

Questions

How do you pronounce overpopulating?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌoʊvɚpˈɑpjəleɪtɪŋ/.
What does overpopulating mean?
present participle and gerund of overpopulate

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