Underpeopling
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state of having too sparse a population. uncountable
"They would both lead to the overpeopling of the portions of the world which are highly endowed by nature and the underpeopling of those which are poorly endowed."
Example
More examples"They would both lead to the overpeopling of the portions of the world which are highly endowed by nature and the underpeopling of those which are poorly endowed."
Etymology
From under- + peopling.
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