low-density

American  

[loh-den-si-tee] / ˈloʊˈdɛn sɪ ti /

adjective

1. having a low concentration.

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Example Sentences

On Tuesday, City Council voted to adopt a strategy that would delay the effects of SB 79 city-wide by upzoning 55 single-family and low-density areas, allowing for 4-16 unit buildings up to four stories tall.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

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

Studies have found replacing saturated fats in a person’s diet with polyunsaturated fat, like fatty fish or canola oil, has lowered a person’s level of low-density lipoprotein, or bad cholesterol.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 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

And before they built them these were nice low-rise, low-density neighborhoods—single-story, two-flat buildings where everybody knew everybody.

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones