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What (who) is overwhelming - definition
Overwhelming
·adj Overpowering; irresistible.
II. Overwhelming ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Overwhelm.
overwhelming
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If something is overwhelming, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it.
The task won't feel so overwhelming if you break it down into small, easy-to-accomplish steps...
She felt an overwhelming desire to have another child.
= overpowering
ADJ
• overwhelmingly
...the overwhelmingly strange medieval city of Fes.
ADV: ADV adj
2.
You can use overwhelming to emphasize that an amount or quantity is much greater than other amounts or quantities.
The overwhelming majority of small businesses go broke within the first twenty-four months...
The vote was overwhelming-283 in favour, and only twenty-nine against.
ADJ: usu ADJ n [emphasis]
• overwhelmingly
The House of Commons has overwhelmingly rejected calls to bring back the death penalty for murder...
ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV adj
Overwhelming exception
INFORMAL FALLACY OF GENERALIZATION
The overwhelming exception; Overwhelming exceptions
An overwhelming exception is an informal fallacy of generalization. It is a generalization that is accurate, but comes with one or more qualifications which eliminate so many cases that what remains is much less impressive than the initial statement might have led one to believe.
Examples of use of overwhelming
1. "My view then was that the defendant faced an overwhelming case, a quite overwhelming one," he said.
2. OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE "There is overwhelming evidence of torture and abuse of detainees held in U.S. custody abroad.
3. It was almost overwhelming." Fortunately for the survivors, the international response was almost as swift and overwhelming as the disaster.
4. "Student loan debt has reached overwhelming proportions.
5. Putin reappointed the overwhelming majority of them.