waterlogged

[ waw-ter-lawgd, -logd, wot-er- ]

adjective

1. so filled or flooded with water as to be heavy or unmanageable, as a ship.
2. excessively saturated with or as if with water:

   waterlogged ground; waterlogged with fatigue.

waterlogged

/ ˈwɔːtəˌlɒɡd /

adjective

1. saturated with water
2. (of a vessel still afloat) having taken in so much water as to be unmanageable

Word History and Origins

Origin of waterlogged¹

1760–70; water + log ¹ (apparently in v. sense “(of water) to accumulate in a ship”) + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Peatlands are wetlands characterised by waterlogged conditions and are known carbon stores.

From BBC

Anything Helene left behind is a waterlogged shell of what used to be.

From Salon

Throughout winter and spring many fields were waterlogged, crops that had been sown were lost and farmers couldn’t get onto fields to sow anything.

From BBC

Getting waterlogged, after all, is part of our history.

From Los Angeles Times

Indeed, the Finsbury Park baseball diamond had been used for cricket until being abandoned because it was too easily waterlogged.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• soaked
• sodden
• soggy
• wet