Excessively fed; given too much to eat; having had too much to eat.
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overfed
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Editorial note
Less cheap industrial meat in the overfed west (particularly the US) is not equal to global food shortage.
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Excessively fed; given too much to eat; having had too much to eat.
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Definitions
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adjective
Excessively fed; given too much to eat; having had too much to eat.
Example sentences
Less cheap industrial meat in the overfed west (particularly the US) is not equal to global food shortage.
She died fat, overfed by redneck nursing home nurses who didn't bother to prevent her bedsores.
An overfed (healthy) person's metabolism will ramp up and favor burning the excess over storing it.
They'd also have to be more nimble, which would increase fitness instead of being an overfed goldfish in a tiny pond.
So long as they aren't being overfed, feeding them every hour is perfectly fine.
You are also aiding in creating unnaturally large pigeon populations since they are overfed.
We in the west are overfed pigs standing on the backs of billions.
Most meat birds live a very short, overfed life where they're raised from birth to slaughter in 10 weeks or so, leaving a 5lb(ish) carcass after cleaning.
You end up (socially) both overfed and malnourished.
It is pure gaslighting from an overfed OpenAI.
Seems like something like that would be government's go-to for this if they weren't quite so overfed on tech industry contributions that lead them down the path of AI solutions.
I guess the system got what it wanted: the Today show got its feel good story for overfed housewives and Today show advertisers got the eyeballs they wanted.
Quote examples
They even calculated the minimum calories required so that Palestinians would not be "overfed".
Years ago a document was leaked showing how they tracked caloric intake of Gaza residents to make sure that they are not "overfed".
> I guess the system got what it wanted: the Today show got its feel good story for overfed housewives That comment is as narrow minded as the people that yell at homeless people to "stop being lazy and get a job".
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How do you use overfed in a sentence?
Less cheap industrial meat in the overfed west (particularly the US) is not equal to global food shortage.
What does overfed mean?
Excessively fed; given too much to eat; having had too much to eat.
What part of speech is overfed?
overfed is commonly used as adjective.