uninhabited

adjective

un·​in·​hab·​it·​ed ˌən-in-ˈha-bə-təd How to pronounce uninhabited (audio)
: not occupied or lived in by people : not inhabited
an uninhabited island/house

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Billy Zane stars as Marlon Brando—a role he was born to play, look at him—in Bill Fishman’s adaptation of a memoir by architect Bernard Judge, whom Brando hired to build a compound on an uninhabited island in Tahiti in the ’70s. Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025 In warmer months, rent a boat or jet ski and head to Goat Island to congregate with other boaters who love to swim and relax around the tiny, uninhabited island. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025 The uninhabited islet group in the East China Sea, the Senkaku Islands, is administered by Japan but claimed by China as part of its territory, which is known as the Diaoyu Islands. Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025 Based on a shocking true story, a group of disillusioned outsiders (Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby, Daniel Brühl and Sydney Sweeney) abandon civilization to settle on a remote, uninhabited island setting off a twisted power struggle. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for uninhabited

Word History

First Known Use

1571, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of uninhabited was in 1571

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“Uninhabited.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uninhabited. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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