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unpopulating

unpopulating is the present participle and gerund of unpopulate.

Meaning of unpopulate

Verb

unpopulate (third-person singular simple present unpopulates, present participle unpopulating, simple past and past participle unpopulated)

  1. (transitive) To reduce or remove the population of.
    Synonyms:
    depopulate

Questions about unpopulating

What is unpopulating the present participle and gerund of?
Unpopulating is the present participle and gerund of unpopulate.

Words near unpopulating in the dictionary

  1. unpopularizing
  2. unpopularly
  3. unpopulate
  4. unpopulated
  5. unpopulates
  6. unpopulating
  7. unpopulous
  8. unpopulousness
  9. unporcine
  10. unpornographic
  11. unporous

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