low-density

American  

[loh-den-si-tee] / ˈloʊˈdɛn sɪ ti /

adjective

1. having a low concentration.

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Example Sentences

We already know that lifetime exposure to high LDL, or low-density lipoprotein, increases cardiovascular risk, and that getting care earlier can help prevent heart disease.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

He had special interest in landscaping details, insisting on low-density building complexes, deciding the company should spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to plant new trees, says Mayer, now 37.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

“What we show is there is a sharp decline in the intensity of building in high-price, low-density housing tracts. What’s that? That’s the best suburbs,” Gyourko, a professor at Penn’s Wharton School, told me.

From Slate • Jun. 12, 2025

But those areas would need to serve as transitional spaces between high-density transit routes and low-density, single-family neighborhoods, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2024

There was no food production at all in New Guinea alpine habitats above 9,000 feet, little on the hillslopes between 4,000 and 1,000 feet, and only low-density slash-and-burn agriculture in the lowlands.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond