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      underpopulated
      adjective
      having a lower population density than normal or desirable
      Roots
      underunder- · Old English · below, insufficientlypopuluspopul- · Latin · peopleatus-ated · Latin · made into, having
      Words related to underpopulated
      populatedadjunderpeopledinhabitedadjpeopledadjunpeopledadjdepopulatedadjunpopulatedadjoverpeopledoverpopulatedvinhabitabilitynuninhabitedadjpeoplelessadjinhabitervunpopulousadjinhabitantsnpopulousadjtenantedadjinhabitsvinhabitorinhabitableadjreinhabitunhabitableadjhabitantninhabitingvdispeoplepopulatingvinhabitationnpopulousnessnuntenantedadjdepopulatingv

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      The word underpopulated breaks down into 3 roots of Old English and Latin origin: under-, from Old English under (“below, insufficiently”); popul, from Latin populus (“people”); and -ated, from Latin atus (“made into, having”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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