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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpopulate.

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Examples

  • The US overpopulates itself via mass immigration, but refuses to take action toward a sustainable future.

    Most Important, Least Addressed Issue Facing America in 21st Century: Americans Dumber Than Lemmings 2008

  • A species overpopulates, the resources needed to support it are exhausted and those members less-capable of obtaining resources die.

    ideonexus.com » 2005 » June 2005

  • A species overpopulates, the resources needed to support it are exhausted and those members less-capable of obtaining resources die.

    Sexual Reproduction: Disputations 2005

  • Set in the Dust Bowl years (yet slightly futuristic), "Mr. Shivers" lives up to its name - if, that is, you can keep your focus on the novel and ignore the near-Shakespearean prose that overpopulates its pages.

    naplesnews.com Stories TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER 2010

  • Set in the Dust Bowl years (yet slightly futuristic), "Mr. Shivers" lives up to its name - if, that is, you can keep your focus on the novel and ignore the near-Shakespearean prose that overpopulates its pages.

    naplesnews.com Stories 2010

  • CROSSING OUR AGRICULTURAL RUBICON: THE NEXT ADDED 100 MILLION AMERICANS yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'CROSSING OUR AGRICULTURAL RUBICON: THE NEXT ADDED 100 MILLION AMERICANS'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: When any species overpopulates a given carrying capacity, it crashes.

    CROSSING OUR AGRICULTURAL RUBICON: THE NEXT ADDED 100 MILLION AMERICANS 2007

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