Definition of uninhabited
: not occupied or lived in by people : not inhabited
- an uninhabited island/house
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Even on the uninhabited island, plastic foam, bottles and bags were all over the place.
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These tremblors occur mostly undersea or in uninhabited areas.
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The company’s fall/winter catalogue featured a global map of Muji’s stores and omitted the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands, a group of small uninhabited rocky islets in the East China Sea claimed by both Beijing and Tokyo, as shown here.
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Other island chains, including portions of the uninhabited northwestern Hawaiian islands, will be susceptible to this type of flooding.
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The tiny, uninhabited reef is about 200 kilometers (120 miles) west of the main northern Philippine island of Luzon, and about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) southeast of the Chinese coast.
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Deputies checked the apparently uninhabited property for an owner but weren't able to find anyone, according to the sheriff's office.
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Coast guard and military ships from both countries continue to tail one another around the uninhabited Senkaku islands, known as the Diaoyus to China.
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The two X-47Bs unveiled in 2011 were the first unmanned aircraft to autonomously take off and land on an aircraft carrier and the first uninhabited aircraft to autonomously refuel in-flight.
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First Known Use of uninhabited
1571
UNINHABITED Defined for Kids
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Definition of uninhabited for Students
: not lived in or on
- an uninhabited island
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