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past participle of overload.
past tense form of overload.

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overloaded

ADJECTIVE

busy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

active unavailable working

STRONG

buried employed engaged engrossed hustling occupied persevering slaving snowed swamped

WEAK

already taken assiduous at it diligent having a full plate having enough on one's plate having fish to fry having many irons in the fire in a meeting in conference in someone else's possession in the field in the laboratory industrious on assignment on duty on the go tied-up up to one's ears with a customer

Antonyms

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idle

STRONG

inactive unoccupied

WEAK

lazy quiet unbusy unemployed unengaged

ADJECTIVE

overworked

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exhausted fatigued overburdened strained

STRONG

overtaxed stressed tense

WEAK

burned out stressed out under stress

Antonyms

STRONGEST

lively refreshed

ADJECTIVE

packed

Synonyms

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arranged congested crowded filled jam-packed jammed loaded overflowing stuffed swarming wrapped

STRONG

brimming bundled chock compact compressed consigned crammed mobbed seething

WEAK

awash brimful chock-full full to the gills packed like sardines serried to the roof tumid up to the hilt up to the rafters wall-to-wall

Antonyms

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clear empty uncongested uncrowded

WEAK

deserted

ADJECTIVE

top-heavy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cumbersome imbalanced unbalanced

WEAK

bulky lopsided overweight tottering uneven

Antonyms

WEAK

balanced ballasted equalized even stabilized

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"But they become overloaded, so to speak. As a result, they can no longer effectively contribute to repair."

From Science Daily • Jun. 29, 2026

Zoe said in that moment all she could focus on was the revelation of the affair - her body had been overloaded with five shocks in about 40 seconds.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

I wish the show’s wall text and labels weren’t so overloaded with jargon, verbs like navigating, negotiating, interrogating, decentering, decontextualizing, disrupting and destabilizing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

He has kidney stones and is often in excruciating pain, but has been waiting more than a year for surgery because hospitals are overloaded and lack basic medicines.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

“We’ll have to visit Mbare Musika,” Arm said as he jammed the plates into the overloaded sink.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

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