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overpopulating

overpopulating is the present participle and gerund of overpopulate.

Meaning of overpopulate

Verb

overpopulate (third-person singular simple present overpopulates, present participle overpopulating, simple past and past participle overpopulated)

  1. To fill with too many individuals; to exceed the capacity of a region to contain the population.

Questions about overpopulating

What is overpopulating the present participle and gerund of?
Overpopulating is the present participle and gerund of overpopulate.

Words near overpopulating in the dictionary

  1. overpopularity
  2. overpopularized
  3. overpopulate
  4. overpopulated
  5. overpopulates
  6. overpopulating
  7. overpopulation
  8. overpopulations
  9. overpopulous
  10. overpopulousness
  11. overpositive

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