1. the act of putting too much weight, cargo, or burden on something
2. the condition of having too many tasks, responsibilities, or demands
3. exceeding the safe capacity of an electrical circuit or system
Usage: electrical

1. present participle of overload; putting too much weight or burden on something

Examples

• The overloading of the truck caused it to break down on the highway.
• Students complained about the overloading of homework assignments.
• The overloading of the electrical circuit caused a power outage.
• She was overloading her schedule with too many commitments.
• The bridge collapsed due to overloading beyond its weight limit.
• Overloading employees with tasks leads to burnout.
• The computer crashed from overloading its memory capacity.