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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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He has kidney stones and is often in excruciating pain, but has been waiting more than a year for surgery because hospitals are overloaded and lack basic medicines.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Most said they hadn’t met anyone they could marry, since the dating pool is overloaded with men who aren’t interested in marriage, or worse, are erratic or cruel.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

The system is certainly chronically overloaded, with some of the longest-running trials in the EU.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Garbage-choked streets, overloaded landfills and the fear of trash avalanches haunt greater Jakarta, as the world's most populous metropolis grapples with a waste crisis.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

The road surface tore viciously at my tires and made Rocinante’s overloaded springs cry with anguish.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck