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overcrowded

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o⋅ver⋅crowd

  [oh-ver-kroud]
Use overcrowded in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to crowd to an uncomfortable or undesirable excess.
Origin:
1760–70; over- + crowd 1

crowd⋅ed

  [krou-did]
–adjective
1. filled to excess; packed.
2. filled with a crowd: crowded streets.
3. uncomfortably close together: crowded passengers on a bus.
Origin:
1605–15; crowd 1 + -ed 2

Related forms:
crowd⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
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o·ver·crowd   (ō'vər-kroud')   
v.   o·ver·crowd·ed, o·ver·crowd·ing, o·ver·crowds

v.   tr.
To cause to be excessively crowded: a system of consolidation that only overcrowded the classrooms.
v.   intr.
To crowd together excessively.
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Word Origin & History

overcrowd 
1766, from over + crowd.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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