inundated
adj.adj. feeling overwhelmed because you have too much of something to deal with at once. It is often used when you receive a huge number of emails, tasks, or requests.
adj. overwhelmed by an excessive amount of something; flooded or saturated. Often used in a figurative sense regarding information, requests, or tasks.
The office was inundated with phone calls after the announcement.
Customer support was inundated with complaints following the unexpected server outage on Friday morning.
The small coastal village was inundated by a surge of tourists during the summer festival, stretching local resources to their absolute breaking point.
Often follows a linking verb and takes the preposition 'with' or 'by'.
I am inundated of workI am inundated with workInundated typically collocates with 'with' when referring to tasks or objects, or 'by' when referring to the source of the volume.
Last updated May 11, 2026