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Definition of "unpeople" [un•peo•ple]

  • To reduce sharply the population of (an area); depopulate. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "unpeople" in a sentence
  • "The honourable exception is the work of the historian Mark Curtis, who describes the Chagossians as "unpeople"."
  • "Further, the US notably does the same things to many thousands of unknown "unworthy" prisoners in its torture-prisons where those held have no rights either and are treated any way their captors wish out of sight and mind and virtually ignored in the West as "unpeople.""
  • "This essay shows its effects on real people - those going along are "worthy" and those who don't or don't matter are "unworthy unpeople.""
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