overcrowding in English

noun

state of being overcrowded; act of excessively filling

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1. Overcrowding and outstanding registrations kept increasing .

2. The overcrowding that could result would inevitably escalate the conflict.

3. Without regular divisions, Astilbe may wither from overcrowding.

4. Preliminary report suggests asphyxiation owing to overcrowding as cause.

5. (noun) Overcrowding is often a Bugbear for train commuters.

6. A Bottleneck is a phenomenon where overcrowding occurs in a manufacturing process

7. David Bouldry, who was at the rink because of a complaint of overcrowding.

8. Sickness caused by overcrowding, and the damp, fetid conditions had appalled him.

9. The report stresses the value of alternative sentencing as a measure for reducing prison overcrowding.

10. “Overcrowding adds stress and frustration, which open the gate to anger and outbursts of temper.

11. Bearding creates more space inside the hive, reducing the heat-producing effects of overcrowding

12. 5 The government takes a cavalier attitude to the problems of prison overcrowding.

13. Many newly-freed slaves poured into Castries, causing overcrowding, poor housing and job shortages.

14. The size of the prison population also causes overcrowding in prisons with limited accommodation capacity

15. A cause of fear, anxiety, or irritation: Overcrowding is often a Bugbear for train commuters

16. Chrysanthemums should be divided every three to five years to avoid overcrowding and promote maximum flowering

17. He pointed to chronic overcrowding, unsanitary cells, dirty lavatories, broken showers and mattresses on the ground.

18. High rents and overcrowding, these are things that will not exist in God’s new world.

19. The issue of overcrowding is being addressed through efforts of making affordable accommodation available to Seychellois families.

20. The average overcrowding level during 2014/15 was 32% (157,141 inmates against approved accommodation of 119,134 beds).

21. Asylums became notorious for poor living conditions, lack of hygiene, overcrowding, and ill-treatment and abuse of patients

22. (b) In order to reduce overcrowding in prisons, the management of the Chief Directorate took the following actions.

23. 4 The displacement of large numbers of rural dwellers to urban areas has increased overcrowding in urban schools.

24. Several plants grouped together will create their own humid micro-climate, though overcrowding may make the combined effect too much.

25. To avoid overcrowding and due to limited facilities, Bothies shouldn’t be used for groups of 6+ or for commercial groups

26. OverCrowding prevents the permanent teeth from moving into the correct position, and can even prevent them from coming in at all.

27. The provision of council housing has had an equalising effect both as regards reducing overcrowding and improving housing amenities among working-class people.

28. Aphids only grow wings once they become adults and begin to struggle with overcrowding on their host plant, something to watch out for

29. The Negative feedback amplifier allowed Bell system to reduce overcrowding of lines and extend its long-distance network by means of carrier telephony.

30. Crowded teeth, also called overcrowding or dental crowding, is when there is not enough space in the mouth for permanent teeth to grow in straight

31. While adequate provision could not be made for coping with either goods or passenger traffic , passenger overcrowding was tolerated on account of the priority to goods traffic .

32. The Attica riot was the culmination of a growing frustration at the time with conditions in America’s prisons, including severe overcrowding, virtual starvation, and an often complete absence of

33. Thus , with no change in train mileage the great increase in traffic meant abnormal overcrowding in passenger trains , serious bottlenecks in transport and delays and difficulties in the movement of goods .

34. Catfish can track fish wakes in the dark Thousands of Tube travellers had nightmare journeys to work yesterday after London Underground admitted it had " Blundered " in handling serious overcrowding

35. The project aims to add more vehicle capacity during peak hours, reduce peak hour overcrowding, shorten journey times, improve operational efficiency – namely through reduction in energy consumption, and strengthen institutional capacity.

36. In that context, the meeting discussed how prison administrators who were faced with an acute problem of overcrowding without corresponding resources could address the issue on a on a day-to-day basis

37. Chicano Student Walkouts or Blowouts, the protests voiced concerns over run-down campuses, overcrowding, corporal punishment, lack of college prep and culturally-relevant courses, and teachers who were poorly trained, indifferent or racist

38. Aphid definition, any of numerous tiny soft-bodied insects of the family Aphididae of worldwide distribution, that suck the sap from the stems and leaves of various plants, some developing wings when overcrowding occurs: an important pest of many fruit trees and vegetable crops

39. Louse, (order Phthiraptera), any of a group of small wingless parasitic insects divisible into two main groups: the Amblycera and Ischnocera, or chewing or biting lice, which are parasites of birds and mammals, and the Anoplura, or sucking lice, parasites of mammals only.One of the sucking lice, the human louse, thrives in conditions of filth and overcrowding and is the carrier of typhus and

40. The 106-page report, “‘Treated Worse than Animals’: Abuses against Women and Girls with Psychosocial or Intellectual Disabilities in Institutions in India,” documents involuntary admission and arbitrary detention in mental hospitals and residential care institutions across India, where women and girls with psychosocial or intellectual disabilities experience overcrowding and lack of hygiene, inadequate access to general healthcare, forced treatment – including electroconvulsive therapy – as well as physical, verbal, and sexual violence.

41. 68. Draws attention to the unacceptable conditions in some European places of detention, in particular the serious problem of overcrowding and the abject material conditions and circumstances deleterious to health that prevail in the European penal system; calls on the Member States to improve living conditions and hygiene facilities in places of detention, to provide adequate medical staff, offer detainees useful occupational activities and regulate working conditions in prisons;