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 whiplash on tariffs calls back to the early months of his return to office, when the status of tariffs on imports from countries, ranging from our biggest trade partners to an uninhabited island, was dizzying.
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
One of the best views should be around Scoresby Sund, East Greenland’s remote and virtually uninhabited fjord system.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
For two years in the late 1990s, the Danish elite special forces soldier patrolled the vast, frozen expanses of Greenland’s uninhabited northeastern corner, often with only eleven dogs and one fellow soldier for company.
—Lisa Abend, Time, 18 Jan. 2026
According to local sources, the lights appear on the horizon southeast of Marfa, in a nearly uninhabited and hard-to-reach area.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 10 Jan. 2026
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
One of the best views should be around Scoresby Sund, East Greenland’s remote and virtually uninhabited fjord system.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
For two years in the late 1990s, the Danish elite special forces soldier patrolled the vast, frozen expanses of Greenland’s uninhabited northeastern corner, often with only eleven dogs and one fellow soldier for company.
—Lisa Abend, Time, 18 Jan. 2026
According to local sources, the lights appear on the horizon southeast of Marfa, in a nearly uninhabited and hard-to-reach area.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 10 Jan. 2026
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“Uninhabited.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uninhabited. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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