inundated
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Overwhelmed or flooded with water: Describes something that is completely covered or submerged by water, often due to heavy rain, overflowing rivers, or other sources.
- Overwhelmed by a large amount of something: Used figuratively to describe being swamped or overloaded by a large quantity of things, such as work, information, or requests.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The inundated farmlands could not be planted this season.
- After the storm, the city streets were completely inundated.
- The customer service department was inundated with complaints after the product recall.
Advanced Usage
- "to be inundated with/by something": This is the most common construction, indicating being flooded or overwhelmed by a large quantity of something.
- The office was inundated with applications for the job.
- She felt inundated by the sheer volume of data she had to analyze.
Variants and Related Words
Inundate (verb): To flood or overwhelm.
- The river threatened to inundate the town.
- The company was inundated with positive feedback.
Inundation (noun): The act of flooding or an overwhelming amount.
- The inundation caused significant damage to the infrastructure.
- We faced an inundation of paperwork.
Synonyms
- Flooded: Covered or filled with water.
- Swamped: Overwhelmed or flooded (can be literal or figurative).
- Overwhelmed: Burdened with too much of something.
- Deluged: Flooded or overwhelmed, often suddenly.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions
(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs. Its usage is primarily through the verb "inundate" in the construction "inundate with/by.")
Related Idioms
- "Drowning in": An idiom with a similar figurative meaning of being overwhelmed.
- He's drowning in debt. (Compare to: He is inundated with debt.)
Adjective
- covered with water
- the main deck was afloat (or awash)
- the monsoon left the whole place awash
- a flooded bathroom
- inundated farmlands
- an overflowing tub