overpopulatedadj.
/ˌəʊvəˈpɒpjᵿleɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈpɑpjəˌleɪdᵻd/ Inhabited by or comprising an excessive number of people, animals, etc., esp. more than can be comfortably supported by the available resources; over-peopled.
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1827 R. Montgomery Age Reviewed i. 54 According to the sage parson Malthus, the country is over populated.
1832 J. Galt Canadas 10 The first hardships of making a settlement, in a country which presents such an inexhaustible field of exertion and enterprise as Canada, is as nothing compared to the appalling prospects..that await the declining and the friendless in an overpopulated country.
1853 Southern Q. Rev. 8 443 Thousands would pass from overpopulated Asia, to those regions of South America, which are assimilated in climate and productions to their native countries.
1923 M. Edge Artific. Birth Control 15 Another reason the Birth Controller gives in support of his theory is, that we are over~populated.
1976 B. Williams Making Manch. Jewry 327 The overpopulated Jewish districts of Russian and Prussian Poland.
1992 Scope Sept. 1/2 Efforts to maintain the reserve in a state of ‘undisturbed integrity’ have failed due to the impact of a severely overpopulated white-tailed deer herd.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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