underpopulated
Lacking enough residents
Underpopulated describes a place with fewer people than it could support or than would be ideal for its resources and infrastructure.
The term implies capacity for more inhabitants: vast underpopulated regions of the interior, The rural areas became underpopulated as young people moved to cities.
The opposite of overpopulated.
In a thin manner
- thinlyIn sparse layers
- scatteredSpread irregularly about
- fewSmall in number
- limitedRestricted in extent
scarce · scant · meager · insufficient · minimal · depleted · dwindling · shrinking
Left behind, uninhabited
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- forsakenCompletely abandoned or discarded
- barrenUnable to produce
- emptyHolding nothing inside
uninhabited · lifeless · ghostly · bleak · stark · wasteland · ruined · dilapidated
Not contacted or affected
- unspoiledNot damaged or degraded
- virginOne sexually inexperienced
- naturalNot artificially produced
- wildNot domesticated or controlled
undeveloped · preserved · untrammeled · uncrowded · serene · tranquil · peaceful · quiet
Separated from others
- secludedSet apart, private
- frontierEdge of settlement
- outpostRemote military station
- backcountrySparsely populated wilderness areas
wilderness · outlying · peripheral · inaccessible · far-flung · hinterland · borderland · fringe
sparsely
In a thin manner
limited · scarce · scant · meager · insufficient · minimal · depleted · dwindling · shrinking · declining
deserted
Left behind, uninhabited
empty · uninhabited · lifeless · ghostly · bleak · stark · wasteland · ruined · dilapidated · neglected
untouched
Not contacted or affected
wild · undeveloped · preserved · untrammeled · uncrowded · serene · tranquil · peaceful · quiet · idyllic
isolated
Separated from others
backcountry · wilderness · outlying · peripheral · inaccessible · far-flung · hinterland · borderland · fringe · hamlet
underpopulatedoverpopulated
Excessively densely inhabited
overcrowded · densely populated · crowded · congested · teeming