underpopulated meaning

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underpopulated (adjective): having a lower population density than normal or desirable.

Definition of underpopulated

  1. having a lower population density than normal or desirable
    • the richly endowed but underpopulated Ivory Coast

    Similar: inhabited

Scrabble score: 20 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with UN · words ending in ED · 14-letter words

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