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 story follows Roz, a robot voiced by Lupita Nyong'o, who is accidentally stranded by his kind on an uninhabited island.
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Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 29 Aug. 2024
Seizing upon the opportunity afforded by such a stark contrast, Wood, then a budding parasitologist pursuing her Ph.D. in biology at Stanford University, decided to compare the worms living in the organs of fish from the uninhabited islands with those from the heavily fished areas.
—Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024
Galapagos cruises are the best way to experience the collection of remote, mostly uninhabited islands about 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador.
—Meena Thiruvengadam, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2023
In 1938, scientists released 409 rhesus macaques imported from India on this tiny, uninhabited island.
—Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2024
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Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 29 Aug. 2024
Seizing upon the opportunity afforded by such a stark contrast, Wood, then a budding parasitologist pursuing her Ph.D. in biology at Stanford University, decided to compare the worms living in the organs of fish from the uninhabited islands with those from the heavily fished areas.
—Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024
Galapagos cruises are the best way to experience the collection of remote, mostly uninhabited islands about 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador.
—Meena Thiruvengadam, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2023
In 1938, scientists released 409 rhesus macaques imported from India on this tiny, uninhabited island.
—Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2024
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