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Underpopulated vs Undercrowded - What's the difference?

underpopulated | undercrowded |

As adjectives the difference between underpopulated and undercrowded

is that underpopulated is having an insufficient population for economic viability while undercrowded is without a sufficiently large crowd; underpopulated or underattended.

underpopulated

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having an insufficient population for economic viability
  • undercrowded

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Without a sufficiently large crowd; underpopulated or underattended.
  • * 1973 , Vehicle for Revolution'' (in ''Harper's magazine , volume 247?, page 77)
  • Both the overcrowded American city and the undercrowded suburb are artificial communities, their cohesiveness destroyed to a large extent by the automobile.