it means a place where there is a low number of people living there so it is quiet and low in crime and burgalaries etc.
"Scarcely populated" means that an area has a low population density or very few people living there. It suggests that the area is sparsely inhabited or has a small population in relation to its size or resources.
The area of interest is scarcely populated.
The hyphen would normally be omitted for both. For me, 'sparsely populated' is the more common expression. 'Scarcely populated' isn't really right. It's a wrong use of words - but it's not a grammatical mistake.
West bengal
The country is often open, scarcely populated, and generally more quiet. The city is compact, populated, and loud but more convenient.
scarcely hard
It means scarcely enough
The most sparsley populated place in the United States is Southeast Oregon. It is nicknamed The Big Empty because there are just two tiny settlements found in the area with only a handful of people.
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I scarcely use the word scarcely in a sentence.
A sentence with the word "scarcely:" We heard scarcely a peep from them last night.
(adv. and conj.) at least; though, although; whether, or; scarcely; otherwise
She had scarcely imagined he would leave so quickly. It had scarcely been two minutes before the man arrived home. I'd scarcely believed it would happen so soon.