单词 | unpopulousness |
释义 | unpopulousnessn. The quality or condition of being sparsely populated. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [noun] > condition of being inhabited > not soleintyc1400 unpopulousness1605 inhabitednessa1662 depopulation1697 uninhabitedness1727 unoccupancy1816 Adamless Eden1876 1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. Vv The vnpopulousnesse..[means] that no one Country is a defence for himselfe. 1753 Monthly Rev. Nov. 384 In the second chapter he considers the unpopulousness of Spain, and her want of agriculture. 1838 Calcutta Monthly Jrnl. July 101/1 Its grant is attributable to the poverty and unpopulousness of the colonies in question. 1991 W. L. Heat-Moon PrairyErth ii. 83 I like this prairie country because of its illusion of being away, out of, and I like how its unpopulousness seems to isolate it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1605 |
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