max capacity

Cannot hold more

Max capacity is the absolute upper limit of what something can hold, contain, or accommodate.

A venue at max capacity cannot legally admit more people: The club was already at max capacity when we arrived.

The phrase appears on signs, in safety regulations, and in casual speech about anything pushed to its limit: My brain is at max capacity right now.

Related

bursting · ceiling · saturation · peak · crowded · wall to wall · sardine can · overload · stuffed · brimming · filled to the brim · headcount · venue · sold out · no vacancy · standing room · standing room only · fire marshal

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Opposites
fullness/occupancy level

max capacityempty

Holding nothing inside

vacant · unoccupied · deserted · bare · depleted

operational load

max capacityidle

Without activity or purpose

standby · dormant · inactive · underutilized · skeleton crew

limit type

max capacitylower limit

Smallest permitted amount

minimum threshold · floor · baseline · bottom · rock bottom

Family

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G