overpopulated

Example Sentences

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The reason the lion is in trouble is “he’s overpopulated, and the sad thing is, he’s out of food.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

Whether you are a grasshopper or a bird or a human, if you start destroying the environment in which you live, then you are overpopulated.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2024

Instead of moving 90,000 residents out of the overpopulated district and into the underpopulated one, the state swapped more than 50,000 residents into the overpopulated district and moved 140,000 residents out of it.

From Slate • Oct. 11, 2023

The solution to overpopulated and understaffed jails is not locking up people who shouldn’t be locked up, she said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2023

Instead, his appearance was absurd—the empty tract of his chin was at the expense of a worried, overpopulated forehead.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan