underpopulated
adjective
un·der·pop·u·lat·ed ˌən-dər-ˈpä-pyə-ˌlā-təd 
: having a lower density of population than is normal or desirable
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Still, the Financial District is underpopulated on Mondays and Fridays. 
Anissa Gardizy, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2022 But Shadow Lake, along with one other hike-in retreat in Banff National Park called Skoki Lodge, occupies an underpopulated middle ground between those two extremes. New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022 If your team lives in places underpopulated with cultural attractions, choose a destination that offers a breadth of cultural activities to keep everyone engaged. Tracey Sawyer, Forbes, 29 June 2022 Hruby said the city, with just fewer than 14,000 residents, is underpopulated compared to projections in earlier years. Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 28 June 2022 If office buildings remain underpopulated, London could develop like Paris, with more residential neighborhoods downtown. Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2022 And, of course, there’s also Virbela and its kin of strange, underpopulated thingies snatched right out of a 2005 iteration of Internet Explorer. Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 10 Jan. 2022 With continued efforts to help underpopulated districts grow and offer more opportunities for their residents, commissioners also focused on splitting the billion-dollar bayfront project, which sat in District 2 only. San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2021 The district is in the process of redrawing school boundary lines to add more students to underpopulated schools, reduce overcrowding at others and address a declining enrollment expected in coming years. Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com, 19 Oct. 2021 See More
Anissa Gardizy, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2022 But Shadow Lake, along with one other hike-in retreat in Banff National Park called Skoki Lodge, occupies an underpopulated middle ground between those two extremes. New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022 If your team lives in places underpopulated with cultural attractions, choose a destination that offers a breadth of cultural activities to keep everyone engaged. Tracey Sawyer, Forbes, 29 June 2022 Hruby said the city, with just fewer than 14,000 residents, is underpopulated compared to projections in earlier years. Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 28 June 2022 If office buildings remain underpopulated, London could develop like Paris, with more residential neighborhoods downtown. Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2022 And, of course, there’s also Virbela and its kin of strange, underpopulated thingies snatched right out of a 2005 iteration of Internet Explorer. Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 10 Jan. 2022 With continued efforts to help underpopulated districts grow and offer more opportunities for their residents, commissioners also focused on splitting the billion-dollar bayfront project, which sat in District 2 only. San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2021 The district is in the process of redrawing school boundary lines to add more students to underpopulated schools, reduce overcrowding at others and address a declining enrollment expected in coming years. Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com, 19 Oct. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1869, in the meaning defined above