Undercrowd

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To underfill; to fill with too low a population density.

    "It is hard to set numerical limits on the size of classes, but it is certain that conditions in California tend to overcrowd rather than undercrowd."

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"It is hard to set numerical limits on the size of classes, but it is certain that conditions in California tend to overcrowd rather than undercrowd."

Etymology

From under- + crowd.

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