Meanings
nounundercrowding (uncountable)
- uncountableThe 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
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of undercrowd
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