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UNDERPOPULATED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does underpopulated mean?
• UNDERPOPULATED (adjective)
The adjective UNDERPOPULATED has 1 sense:
1. having a lower population density than normal or desirable
Familiarity information: UNDERPOPULATED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a lower population density than normal or desirable
Context example:
the richly endowed but underpopulated Ivory Coast
Similar:
inhabited (having inhabitants; lived in)
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