Usually means: Fewer inhabitants than considered optimal.
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▸ adjective:  Having an insufficient population for economic viability

Similar:
inhabited, unpopulous, nonpopulated, underoccupied, unpopulated, unsettled, underproductive, under-accommodated, underfinanced, subeconomic, more...

Opposite:
overpopulated, densely populated, crowded

Types:
sparse, scattered, few, isolated, desolate, barren, unpopulated, more...

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Similar:
inhabited, unpopulous, nonpopulated, underoccupied, unpopulated, unsettled, underproductive, under-accommodated, underfinanced, subeconomic, more...

Opposite:
overpopulated, densely populated, crowded

Types:
sparse, scattered, few, isolated, desolate, barren, unpopulated, more...



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