Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underpeopling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-peo-pling
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of having too sparse a population.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"The interest of France in the fur trade resulted in the underpeopling of Canada, so that by 1754 her settlers in North America were outnumbered fourteen to one by the inhabitants of the English colonies nearby."
"It will suffice here to underline that chronic underpeopling must have been a serious problem for prehistoric bands, and more so in the Italian territory, geographically much partitioned because of mountain ranges and sea arms."

Etymology

From under- + peopling.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does underpeopling mean?: The state of having too sparse a population.
Where does underpeopling come from?: From under- + peopling.

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