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undercrowding

undercrowding noun: the action or event of a space having too few occupants. Also the present participle and gerund of undercrowd.

Noun

undercrowding (uncountable)

  1. The action or event of a space having too few occupants.
    • Next to overcrowding one might almost say that the worst financial evil in the city is undercrowding, that is, when the undercrowding is taking place without a plan.1915, City Club of Chicago, The City Club Bulletin - Volumes 8-9, page 183

Also used as

undercrowding is also the present participle and gerund of undercrowd.

Questions about undercrowding

What does undercrowding mean?
Undercrowding means the action or event of a space having too few occupants.
What part of speech is undercrowding?
Undercrowding is a noun.

Words near undercrowding in the dictionary

  1. undercrosses
  2. undercrossing
  3. undercrossings
  4. undercrowd
  5. undercrowded
  6. undercrowding
  7. undercrowds
  8. undercrust
  9. undercrustal
  10. undercrusts
  11. undercry

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