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overpopulation
noun
over·pop·u·la·tion ˌō-vər-ˌpä-pyə-ˈlā-shən 
: the condition of having a population so dense as to cause environmental deterioration, an impaired quality of life, or a population crash
Example Sentences
He is studying the problem of deer overpopulation.
Recent Examples on the Web This apparently irresistible gift of gab, even more than individual inventions like the dome, the map, or his idea for a World Game intended to figure out an answer to the problem of overpopulation, became the engine for his fame. 
Rebecca Onion, The New Republic, 19 Aug. 2022 Our pending deaths from chemicals, disease, overpopulation, dwindling resources … all greatly exaggerated! Lauren Goode, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2022 The show takes place a century hence, when the Earth has been laid low by overpopulation, dwindling resources, a toxified environment, and of course, the bloody wars that would inevitably result from such circumstances. Joshua Alston, Variety, 6 July 2022 The pandemic slowed preventative veterinary services such as spay/neuter, impacting the nation's overpopulation crisis. Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2022 Legislation passed by Congress in the 1970s protects wild horses and burros in the West, and by law, the BLM must control wild horse and burro overpopulation. Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 June 2022 In recent years, most mainstream environmental organizations have backed away from, and even apologized for, their focus on overpopulation during the ’60s and ’70s. Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 May 2022 Africa’s poverty and instability are typically attributed to causes internal to the continent: corruption, bad leadership, overpopulation, and insufficient entrepreneurial know-how. Helen Epstein, The New York Review of Books, 11 May 2022 Mid-century agricultural technologies reduced fears of overpopulation – which have only recently been reawoken by the climate crisis. Samira Mehta, The Conversation, 24 May 2022 See More
Rebecca Onion, The New Republic, 19 Aug. 2022 Our pending deaths from chemicals, disease, overpopulation, dwindling resources … all greatly exaggerated! Lauren Goode, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2022 The show takes place a century hence, when the Earth has been laid low by overpopulation, dwindling resources, a toxified environment, and of course, the bloody wars that would inevitably result from such circumstances. Joshua Alston, Variety, 6 July 2022 The pandemic slowed preventative veterinary services such as spay/neuter, impacting the nation's overpopulation crisis. Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2022 Legislation passed by Congress in the 1970s protects wild horses and burros in the West, and by law, the BLM must control wild horse and burro overpopulation. Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 June 2022 In recent years, most mainstream environmental organizations have backed away from, and even apologized for, their focus on overpopulation during the ’60s and ’70s. Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 May 2022 Africa’s poverty and instability are typically attributed to causes internal to the continent: corruption, bad leadership, overpopulation, and insufficient entrepreneurial know-how. Helen Epstein, The New York Review of Books, 11 May 2022 Mid-century agricultural technologies reduced fears of overpopulation – which have only recently been reawoken by the climate crisis. Samira Mehta, The Conversation, 24 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1802, in the meaning defined above
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