overpopulate

A verb used to indicate the act of filling an area with too many people or organisms, exceeding the capacity of the environment.

• 🇩🇪Verb, das die Handlung bezeichnet, ein Gebiet mit zu vielen Menschen oder Organismen zu füllen, mehr als die Umwelt tragen kann.

1. Cause excessive population B2 formal

   To cause an area or environment to have too many inhabitants, exceeding its capacity or resources.

   • Urban sprawl can overpopulate a region, straining its infrastructure.
   • The introduction of a non-native species can overpopulate an ecosystem.
   • If we overpopulate the city, housing and water supplies will become scarce.

   🇩🇪Überbevölkern

   Synonyme: cramfloodovercrowdpack

• overpopulated past participle
• overpopulated past simple
• overpopulating present participle
• overpopulates third person singular