overcrowded

overcrowded
[[t]o͟ʊvə(r)kra͟ʊdɪd[/t]]
ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n
An overcrowded place has too many things or people in it.

...one of the most overcrowded prisons in the country.

...a windswept, overcrowded, unattractive beach...

Morocco's capital, until independence, was badly overcrowded.


English dictionary. 2008.

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