verb transitiveWord forms: unˈpeopled or unˈpeopling
to depopulate
unpeople in American English
(unˈpipəl)
transitive verbWord forms: -pled, -pling
to deprive of people; depopulate
Word origin
[1525–35; un-2 + people]This word is first recorded in the period 1525–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: converter, folio, mask, secure, shuffleun- is a prefix freely used in English to form verbs expressing a reversal of some actionor state, or removal, deprivation, release, etc. (unbend; uncork; unfasten; etc.), or to intensify the force of a verb already having such a meaning (unloose)