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You're thinking of "unpopulated." "Depopulated" means the population has DEcreased.
by popalchemist 1y ago
You're thinking of "unpopulated." "Depopulated" means the population has DEcreased.
- usr1106 1y agoUnpopulated is static, no change implied. Depopulated implies change, people used to live there. For me it meant no significant number left.
- willvarfar 1y agoDoes 25000 people leaving a city not count as depopulation then?
- kortilla 1y agoNo, people wouldn’t call Detroit depopulated
- popalchemist 1y ago> Depopulated implies change yes, as I said, it means a decrease, but the question of to what degree is unspecified. The assumption that it means to a near-zero degree is erroneous.