Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
UNDERPOPULATED
underpopulated
(adjective) having a lower population density than normal or desirable; “the richly endowed but underpopulated Ivory Coast”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
underpopulated (comparative more underpopulated, superlative most underpopulated)
Having an insufficient population for economic viability
Source: Wiktionary
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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