uninhabited
adjective
un·in·hab·it·ed
ˌən-in-ˈha-bə-təd 
: not occupied or lived in by people : not inhabited
an uninhabited island/house
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The Danakil Depression—a harsh, virtually uninhabited zone in Ethiopia—rarely sees such events, according to the website VolcanoDiscovery.
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
The traffickers take advantage of uninhabited islands and European overseas territories in the Caribbean.
—Gordon Lubold, NBC news, 21 Nov. 2025
The Inuit comprise most residents of both Greenland and Nunavut, Canada’s largest and northernmost territory, which shares a border of less than a mile with Greenland on the uninhabited Hans Island – also known as Tartupaluk in Greenlandic.
—Christopher Guly, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Hike on Devon Island, the world’s largest uninhabited island, and visit remote Inuit settlements in the Canadian territory of Nunavut.
—Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 6 Nov. 2025
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
The traffickers take advantage of uninhabited islands and European overseas territories in the Caribbean.
—Gordon Lubold, NBC news, 21 Nov. 2025
The Inuit comprise most residents of both Greenland and Nunavut, Canada’s largest and northernmost territory, which shares a border of less than a mile with Greenland on the uninhabited Hans Island – also known as Tartupaluk in Greenlandic.
—Christopher Guly, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Hike on Devon Island, the world’s largest uninhabited island, and visit remote Inuit settlements in the Canadian territory of Nunavut.
—Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Uninhabited.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uninhabited. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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