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underoccupied

underoccupied adjective: not occupied enough, especially of a building with housing units.

Adjective

underoccupied (comparative more underoccupied, superlative most underoccupied)

  1. Not occupied enough, especially of a building with housing units.

Forms of underoccupied

comparativemore underoccupied
superlativemost underoccupied

Origin of underoccupied

From under- + occupied.

Questions about underoccupied

What does underoccupied mean?
Underoccupied means not occupied enough, especially of a building with housing units.
What part of speech is underoccupied?
Underoccupied is an adjective.

Words near underoccupied in the dictionary

  1. undernutritional
  2. undernutritious
  3. underobturation
  4. underoccupancy
  5. underoccupation
  6. underoccupied
  7. underofficer
  8. underofficered
  9. underofficers
  10. underofficial
  11. underofficials

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