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View definitions for overfull

overfull

adjective as in brimming

adjective as in brimming/brimful

adverb as in overly

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It’s likely that Mars Sample Return’s budget partly caused the layoffs, but they also came down to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory having an overfull plate of planetary missions and suffering budget cuts.

From Salon

Or, if the way you eat leaves you perpetually hungry, tired and cranky — or perhaps overfull, lethargic and uncomfortable — there’s clearly room for positive change.

Others stuck it out on the flooded playa and dealt with the overfull port-a-potties until the ground dried enough to drive on, rationing their food and hallucinogens for a few more days in the damp.

From Slate

They slept on their own lawns or in parks, and in the cold March air, some wound up as pneumonia cases in the already overfull hospitals.

The turgid, fried squash blossom, overfull with cheese, was slightly less celebrated, but eaten readily.

From Slate

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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