overcrowding

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of overcrowd

noun

1. The situation where a space holds more occupants than it can comfortably accommodate.
   […] there are sublettings, overcrowdings of lands, clearances, and emigrations going on; and want of employment, with consequent destitution and wretchedness is the complaint of the majority of the inhabitants. 1846, Thomas Campbell Foster, Letters on the Condition of the People of Ireland, page 270
   An extra rush-hour train has eased overcrowding of the former 5.39 p.m. to Salisbury; this now leaves at 5.43 and an additional electric service to Alton departs at 5.39 p.m. 1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 593–594
   Department for Transport statistics show that since 2010 overcrowding in the morning peak at 11 cities has risen by 48%, to reach 280,000 standing passengers daily. October 23 2019, Industry Insider, “Continued rail growth”, in RAIL, page 72
   Stops at Fareham, Havant and Chichester add to the cattle-like conditions aboard, although as the door nearest me is blocked by prams and suitcases, my coach is protected from the worst overcrowding. November 16 2022, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55