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underpopulate

underpopulate verb: to populate with too few individuals.

Verb

underpopulate (third-person singular simple present underpopulates, present participle underpopulating, simple past and past participle underpopulated)

  1. (transitive) To populate with too few individuals.
    Antonyms:
    overpopulate

Antonyms of underpopulate

Forms of underpopulate

third-person singular presentunderpopulates
present participleunderpopulating
past participleunderpopulated
pastunderpopulated

Origin of underpopulate

From under- + populate.

Questions about underpopulate

What does underpopulate mean?
Underpopulate means to populate with too few individuals.
What part of speech is underpopulate?
Underpopulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of underpopulate?
The past tense of underpopulate is underpopulated.

Words near underpopulate in the dictionary

  1. underpolice
  2. underpoliced
  3. underpolicing
  4. underpolluted
  5. underpollution
  6. underpopulate
  7. underpopulated
  8. underpopulates
  9. underpopulating
  10. underpopulation
  11. underporter

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