overpopulation

Variant of overpopulate

overpopulate definition

over·popu·late (ō′vər päp′yo̵̅o̅ lāt′)

transitive verb overpopulated -·lat′ed, overpopulating -·lat′·ing

to populate (an area) too heavily for the available sustaining resources

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