overloaded

Example Sentences

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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

This squad, however, is overloaded with wingers and is lacking numbers in midfield.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 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

Nevertheless, when his brain was asked to do too much, to multitask, it became overloaded.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel