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overloaded

ADJECTIVE
busy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
active unavailable working
STRONG
buried employed engaged engrossed hustling occupied persevering slaving snowed swamped
WEAK
already taken assiduous at it diligent having a full plate having enough on one's plate having fish to fry having many irons in the fire in a meeting in conference in someone else's possession in the field in the laboratory industrious on assignment on duty on the go tied-up up to one's ears with a customer
Antonyms
STRONGEST
idle
STRONG
inactive unoccupied
WEAK
lazy quiet unbusy unemployed unengaged
ADJECTIVE
overworked
Synonyms
STRONGEST
exhausted fatigued overburdened strained
STRONG
overtaxed stressed tense
WEAK
burned out stressed out under stress
Antonyms
STRONGEST
lively refreshed
ADJECTIVE
packed
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arranged congested crowded filled jam-packed jammed loaded overflowing stuffed swarming wrapped
STRONG
brimming bundled chock compact compressed consigned crammed mobbed seething
WEAK
awash brimful chock-full full to the gills packed like sardines serried to the roof tumid up to the hilt up to the rafters wall-to-wall
Antonyms
STRONGEST
clear empty uncongested uncrowded
WEAK
deserted
ADJECTIVE
top-heavy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cumbersome imbalanced unbalanced
WEAK
bulky lopsided overweight tottering uneven
Antonyms
WEAK
balanced ballasted equalized even stabilized

Example Sentences

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Tijuana has waste-treatment plants, but they are badly overloaded.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Jenny Voisard, media and website manager for Friends of Big Bear Valley, a nonprofit that operates cameras trained on Jackie and Shadow, said her inbox is overloaded with complaints about AI content.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

My ideal loaf is layered: not chaotic, not overloaded, but deliberate.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

"I find my own mental state is at its calmest outside whereas at home I can be overloaded with the chaos of housework," she says.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

There is other supporting research that shows how learning, memory, and decision making get impacted by an overloaded brain.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel