underpopulated

基本解释

The former bears its own unique cultural values as it shifted from a "vast under-populated land" to a "small densely populated one".
南方从“地广人稀”到“地小人众”，其风俗文化也由“粗放型”转变为“集约型”，形成了独特的文化价值选择。
In Res. 1973, the limitation is that the use of force must be directed at protecting civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack.
1973号决议的限制，在于使用武力必须为了保护受到威胁的平民和平民聚居地区。
Under this, Serb-populated areas of Kosovo were to have extensive autonomy.
（根据这个计划，科索沃境内的塞尔维亚人居住区需要被授予大范围的自治权。）能不能改进下：在这个计划的框架下，科索沃境内的塞族人聚居区享有广泛的自治权。注意be to do的意思

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The government says it is looking for places for them in under-populated areas, and that it will also implement training programmes to enable some to get out of farming entirely.
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Spain for example gave birth to the first modern ghost towns, whole mini-cities that were so under-populated their were incapable of supporting an infrastructure, created in part because its construction industry has been subsidised by European money for the past twenty five years.
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You describe a country or region as underpopulated when it could support a much larger population than it has.