nonforested

5.0

Land that does not have trees

adjective
/nɒnˈfɔːrɪstɪd/

: no forestado

The researchers studied wildlife patterns in nonforested areas to understand their habitat needs.

Examples

Nonforested land can be used for agriculture, whereas forested land is often protected.
Compared with nonforested areas, tiger landscapes sequester nearly 3.5 times the amount of carbon.

Academic text (2011)
In nonforested regions, plant species face harsher growing conditions due to lack of tree cover.

Synonyms

treeless

vsnonforested

4 2.7

An area with no trees

is the same idea but uses a form focusing on lack of trees

unforested

vsnonforested

5.6

An area that does not have trees

is the same meaning but uses a different negative prefix

untimbered

vsnonforested

8.2

An area that has no trees

is the same idea but uses an alternative descriptive form

unwooded

vsnonforested

4.3

Land with few or no trees

is the same meaning but expressed with a different word choice

nonforest

vsnonforested

6.0

Not part of a forest or covered in trees

is used mainly to describe physical absence of trees or wooded cover

Antonyms

forested

1 2.3

An area covered with many trees

How Forested

forested

1 2.3

wooded

32 2.4

nonforested

5.0

treeless

4 2.7

Surface Forms

nonforested positive

Morphology

nonforested = forested (transparent) = non + forest + ed

The word is clearly formed by adding the productive prefix 'non-' to 'forested' (which itself is 'forest' + '-ed'), so the meaning 'not covered with forest' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Nonforested is made from the part non- ('not') and forest ('woods'), so it means land 'not' covered by trees. That's why nonforested describes open areas or land without forests.