We need to address the overcrowding among the refugees immediately otherwise more will die as summer approaches.
Source: tatoeba (5135497)
Overcrowding
Synonyms for "overcrowding" (2 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (1)
Noun(1 words)
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4 entriesTranslations
12 translations across 8 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- sobreocupació noun (having more occupants than can be accommodated)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 人滿為患 /人满为患 noun (having more occupants than can be accommodated)
Finnish
3 entries- ruuhka noun (having more occupants than can be accommodated)
- tungos noun (having more occupants than can be accommodated)
- ylikansoitus noun (having more occupants than can be accommodated)
French
1 entries- surfréquentation noun (having more occupants than can be accommodated)
Italian
1 entries- sovrafrequentazione noun (having more occupants than can be accommodated)
Portuguese
1 entries- sobrelotação noun (having more occupants than can be accommodated)
Russian
2 entries- перенаселе́ние noun (having more occupants than can be accommodated)
- переполне́ние noun (having more occupants than can be accommodated)
Swedish
2 entries- trångboddhet noun (having more occupants than can be accommodated)
- överbeläggning noun (having more occupants than can be accommodated)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Tom had to have some teeth taken out because he had overcrowding.
Source: tatoeba (5614584)
[…] there are sublettings, overcrowdings of lands, clearances, and emigrations going on; and want of employment, with consequent destitution and wretchedness is the complaint of the majority of the inhabitants.
Source: wiktionary
An extra rush-hour train has eased overcrowding of the former 5.39 p.m. to Salisbury; this now leaves at 5.43 and an additional electric service to Alton departs at 5.39 p.m.
Source: wiktionary
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