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Definition of Overpopulate
1. Verb. Cause to have too great a population. "Some towns in New Jersey are becoming overpopulated"
Definition of Overpopulate
1. Verb. To fill with too many individuals; to exceed the capacity of a region to contain the population. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overpopulate
1. [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overpopulate
Literary usage of Overpopulate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Premises of Political Economy: Being a Re-examination of Certain by Simon Nelson Patten (1885)
"In the rate of wages we have a criterion by which to determine the force of the
tendency to overpopulate, for where wages are low the tendency is strong. ..."
2. Contributions to the Wages Question: I. Theory of Wages by Stuart Wood, John Bates Clark (1889)
"Had Malthus said a tendency to overpopulate necessarily results in vice, ...
Does the tendency to overpopulate result in vice; does it necessitate poverty, ..."
3. The Wealth and Income of the People of the United States by King, Willford Isbell, 1880- (1915)
"By no possibility, could they overpopulate this vast territory short of several
generations. And the riches thus thrust upon them built up new economic ..."
4. Foundations of Biology by Lorande Loss Woodruff (1922)
"Something must inhibit the inherent power of each species to overpopulate the
Earth, and Darwin emphasized the struggle for existence between the ..."
5. Environmental Theology by Richard Cartwright Austin (1990)
"... he assumed that all evolving biological characteristics bend to accommodate
environmental circumstances—except this Malthusian drive to overpopulate. ..."
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