inundated

Everyday

1. Getting so many things, like letters, calls or jobs, that it is hard to deal with them all. tree →
2. Flooded; covered with a large amount of water. tree →

In the lessons

In geography and science lessons it means flooded (fields inundated by the river); in everyday life and news it means overwhelmed by too much of something (inundated with requests). Phrases: inundated with, inundated by.

Examples

• The school office was inundated with phone calls after the snow day. tree →
• After the heavy rain, the fields were inundated. tree →
• The vet was inundated with sick puppies. tree →
• Our class was inundated with entries for the poetry prize. tree →
• The town was inundated when the river burst its banks. tree →
• Santa is inundated with letters every December. tree →
• The shop was inundated with customers on the first day of the sale. tree →
• Here he found the country inundated with disastrous floods, towns and villages destroyed, and everywhere signs of desolation and ruin. tree →

Note

Usually passive: «be inundated with/by». More formal than «flooded» or «swamped». Pronounced IN-un-day-tid. Not connected with «in a date».