Overloaded

adj, verb

adj, verb ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of overload form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    loaded too heavily

    "Was it deliberate that the first week of October 1961 was chosen to conduct a national survey of passenger usage? Why October of all months, when the holiday season was over and families back at work and at school? Was this a fiddling of the figures to make an unfair case against rail-dependent resorts such as those in the West Country, Norfolk, Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, where previously overloaded summer services would now only have a handful of locals on board?"

  2. 2
    of a word, having multiple meanings depending on context
  3. 3
    of a name, used for more than one variable or procedure etc; differentiated by the compiler based on context
Adjective
  1. 1
    loaded past capacity wordnet

Synonyms

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adornedbefrilledbloatedburdenedburstingcharged

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"The boat was off balance because it was overloaded."

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