overcrowding
/ˈoʊvɚkɹˌaʊdɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The situation where a space holds more occupants than it can comfortably accommodate.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "[…] there are sublettings, overcrowdings of lands, clearances, and emigrations going on; and want of employment, with consequent destitution and wretchedness is the complaint of the majority of the inhabitants."
- "An extra rush-hour train has eased overcrowding of the former 5.39 p.m. to Salisbury; this now leaves at 5.43 and an additional electric service to Alton departs at 5.39 p.m."
- "Department for Transport statistics show that since 2010 overcrowding in the morning peak at 11 cities has risen by 48%, to reach 280,000 standing passengers daily."
- "Climbers have warned of overcrowding on K2 — the world’s second highest mountain and one of its deadliest — after a sherpa took video of queues snaking towards the summit."
- "Stops at Fareham, Havant and Chichester add to the cattle-like conditions aboard, although as the door nearest me is blocked by prams and suitcases, my coach is protected from the worst overcrowding."