uninhabited
adjective
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Definition of uninhabited
: not occupied or lived in by people : not inhabited an uninhabited island/house
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Monetas, through a glass partition, looked dark and uninhabited, as if nobody worked there. — Gideon Lewis-kraus, WIRED, "The Blockchain: A Love Story—And a Horror Story," 18 June 2018 The uninhabited, wooded parcel was once a working farm owned by Mrs. Graham and her husband. — David Anderson, The Aegis, "Harford to end ownership of arts center site," 15 June 2018 Regions affected may seem remote and largely uninhabited to outside eyes, but permafrost lands contain settlements ranging from small villages to industrial cities with populations over 100,000. — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, "Something Stirs: What Will Happen as Permafrost Thaws?," 15 May 2018 Instead, the deadly environment of The Rain calls back to Tarkovsky’s Stalker, about a dangerous and uninhabited area—the Zone—where every tuft of grass threatens a hidden profundity. — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, "Something Is Damp in the State of Denmark," 11 May 2018 But, since most of the planet is either uninhabited or ocean, most are never seen. — Matt Milner, chicagotribune.com, "Meteor spotted streaking across much of Midwest Sunday night," 9 July 2018 But as soon as the music of the Black Crow's Hard to Handle began, Hadwin transformed into an uninhabited singer with stage presence and confidence in her dance moves. — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, "This 13-year-old slayed the 'America's Got Talent' judges with a Janis Joplin-like performance," 13 June 2018 Workers have made an unexpected discovery when demolishing an uninhabited house in France — 600 gold coins. — Shireen Khalil, Fox News, "Gold coins worth $155G discovered in abandoned house," 12 June 2018 Prior to this century, nearly all Hawaiian monk seals lived throughout the mostly uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, which arc like stepping stones northwest of the islands more popular with vacationers. — Kim Steutermann Rogers, Smithsonian, "How the Tiniest of Parasites is Taking Down the Mightiest of Monk Seals," 9 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'uninhabited.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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