crowded out
Edged out gradually
Crowded out describes something displaced or excluded by competition for limited space or resources.
A small business may be crowded out by big-box retailers.
Native plants get crowded out by invasive species.
In economics, government borrowing can crowd out private investment by absorbing available capital.
The phrase suggests gradual displacement rather than sudden removal.
- pushed asideMoved out of position
- evictedRemoved from property legally
- expelledOfficially removed or banished
- displacedShifted from proper location
- government spendingState allocation of funds
overpopulation · habitat loss · native plants · marginalization · public debt · interest rates · resource scarcity · supplanted · housing shortages · local shops · small businesses · outcompeted · fiscal policy · private sector · invasive species · urban sprawl · discrimination · inequality
- abandonmentabandon, abandoned, forsake, desert, leave
- sidelinedbenched, shelved, sidetracked, put on hold, on hold
crowded outlet in
Permit entry
included · embraced · admitted · accepted · brought in
crowded outestablished
Formally set up
entrenched · dominant · elevated · supported · cultivated
crowd, crowded, crowding, crowds, out, outer, outing, outings, outs