overpopulating
Breeding beyond sustainability
Overpopulating is adding too many inhabitants to an area, straining its resources or capacity.
Species overpopulate ecosystems when predators disappear.
Cities become overpopulated when infrastructure can't keep pace with growth.
Deer are overpopulating the valley since wolves were eliminated.
The term implies exceeding sustainable limits rather than simply growing.
Filled beyond capacity
- congestedBlocked by overcrowding
- teemingAbundantly full of
- swarmingGathering in large numbers
- packedFilled to capacity
cramped · dense · jammed · saturated · thronged · bursting · heaving · mobbed
State of utter depletion
- overconsumptionExcessive use of resources
- overuseExcessive employment of something
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- dwindlingProgressively becoming smaller
drainage · overharvesting · overfishing · water stress · food insecurity · carrying capacity · overshoot · shortages
Eliminating natural living spaces
- biodiversity lossReduction in species variety
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
- ecosystem collapseTotal breakdown of environmental systems
- endangered speciesOrganisms facing extinction risk
urban sprawl · fragmentation · desertification · species extinction · environmental degradation · pollution · invasive species · soil erosion
overcrowded
Filled beyond capacity
packed · cramped · dense · jammed · saturated · thronged · bursting · heaving · mobbed · overflowing
exhaustion
State of utter depletion
- overconsumptionExcessive use of resources
- overuseExcessive employment of something
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
dwindling · drainage · overharvesting · overfishing · water stress · food insecurity · carrying capacity · overshoot · shortages · rationing
habitat destruction
Eliminating natural living spaces
- biodiversity lossReduction in species variety
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
- ecosystem collapseTotal breakdown of environmental systems
endangered species · urban sprawl · fragmentation · desertification · species extinction · environmental degradation · pollution · invasive species · soil erosion · agricultural expansion
overpopulatingdepopulating
Reducing a place's inhabitants
dying out · going extinct · declining · dwindling · shrinking