Explore Overfished through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Overfished meaning
simple past and past participle of overfish
Using Overfished
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of overfish
- In the example corpus, overfished often appears in combinations such as: been overfished.
Context around Overfished
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Overfished
- In this selection, "overfished" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include had been overfished so heavily and have been overfished and are. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "overfished" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with overfished
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The early 1990s saw a dramatic slump in fish stocks, which were being overfished with new high-tech equipment. (19 words)
Most species are overfished since the 1970s–1990s, except for Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commersoni), carangidae and torpedo scad (Meggalaspis spp.). (20 words)
Fishing for and killing sharks is flat out wrong.thery have been overfished and are too important to the balance in the oceans. (23 words)
Fishing for and killing sharks is flat out wrong.thery have been overfished and are too important to the balance in the oceans. (23 words)
By the 1950s, though, these had been overfished so heavily that the industry almost collapsed, and most sponge-like materials are now synthetic. (23 words)
Most species are overfished since the 1970s–1990s, except for Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commersoni), carangidae and torpedo scad (Meggalaspis spp.). (20 words)
Example sentences (4)
Fishing for and killing sharks is flat out wrong.thery have been overfished and are too important to the balance in the oceans.
By the 1950s, though, these had been overfished so heavily that the industry almost collapsed, and most sponge-like materials are now synthetic.
Most species are overfished since the 1970s–1990s, except for Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commersoni), carangidae and torpedo scad (Meggalaspis spp.).
The early 1990s saw a dramatic slump in fish stocks, which were being overfished with new high-tech equipment.
Common combinations with overfished
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: