deforested

adjective

de·​for·​est·​ed (ˌ)dē-ˈfȯr-ə-stəd 

-ˈfär-

: cleared of forests : characterized by deforestation

deforested areas

All the rain lands on arid, deforested and stony ground.

—Nicholas Riccardi

It is now an eroded and deforested land of 12 million; its rivers are clogged with sediment and every year it is subjected to destructive floods.

—Paul Theroux

Today, it is one of the most deforested parts of the Brazilian Amazon.

—Wayne Ellwood

Examples of deforested in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The regulation requires companies importing into the EU to show detailed documentation, such as geolocation, to show that the products designated for EU markets did not originate from deforested lands. —Simi Thambi​, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025

However, it’s increasingly made from palm oil and soybean oil produced abroad in deforested areas. —Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024

In particular, this is her vision for Haiti, a largely deforested country. —Richard Schiffman, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024

In recent years, mining has left behind some 3900 square kilometers of deforested land there, which includes crayfish habitat. —Byhumberto Basilio, science.org, 10 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined above