as in deserted
of a place
not lived in by people
a small uninhabited island
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Recent Examples of uninhabited
Hike on Devon Island, the world’s largest uninhabited island, and visit remote Inuit settlements in the Canadian territory of Nunavut.
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Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 6 Nov. 2025
Panic at being lost … The house looked uninhabited.
—Joel M. Vance, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025
A little over a century later, reaching the world’s only uninhabited continent is a decidedly more glamorous affair.
—Brad Japhe, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
In 1699, the French frigate Maurepas sinks off the coast of an uninhabited part of Panama, taking with it a load full of gold, silver and jewels gifted from Charles II of Spain to King Louis XIV of France.
—Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2025
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Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 6 Nov. 2025
Panic at being lost … The house looked uninhabited.
—Joel M. Vance, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025
A little over a century later, reaching the world’s only uninhabited continent is a decidedly more glamorous affair.
—Brad Japhe, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
In 1699, the French frigate Maurepas sinks off the coast of an uninhabited part of Panama, taking with it a load full of gold, silver and jewels gifted from Charles II of Spain to King Louis XIV of France.
—Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninhabited
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By the Isha, or nighttime prayer, the streets are deserted.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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Mahahual Tucked along the Costa Maya in the south, Mahahual is a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it fishing village with quiet, often deserted beaches that invite long, barefoot walks in the sand.—
Gemma Price,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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One trustee, Keys Allen, is termed out, and another spot — Alina Mullen’s — has been unoccupied for months.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Just this one hotel, and all the other islands entirely unoccupied.—
Antonia Quirke,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In 2016, a team led by Su Yinquan, dean of forestry at Northwest A&F University, leased 14 hectares of barren Gobi land in Xinjiang to test whether Duzhong could survive and grow there.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
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The president cites national security concerns—despite existing approvals to expand militarily—and the potentially rich natural resources on the icy, largely barren territory.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
21 Jan. 2026
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Eberle deposited the puck into the vacated cage with 35 seconds to play, dooming the Ducks with his second goal of the night.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
23 Dec. 2025
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Duncan, whose vacated conviction is still being reviewed by the Louisiana Supreme Court, was released after posting a $150,000 bond.—
JACK BROOK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
28 Nov. 2025
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That morning, in a new suburb of Glendale, three-year-old Kelly Keen wandered, unattended, out of her house and into the driveway.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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Lovenduski said the unattended pit bull severely injured Ziggy, leaving the dog with multiple broken bones.—
Ross DiMattei,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Her hollow eyes and unflinching face lend Ju-Ju a gut-wrenching passivity and naivete.—
Blake Simons,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2026
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Values once celebrated now appear hollow and collapsed.—
Stephy Chung,
CNN Money,
22 Jan. 2026
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The abandoned Westminster Mall has turned into a hotspot for vandalism since shuttering in late 2025, according to police who are attempting to raise awareness about the issue.—
Lesley Marin,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Rogers is shopworker Polly Parrish, who gets mistakenly identified as the parent of an abandoned baby.—
Gwen Ihnat,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Dec. 2025
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By the time Rasmus Dahlin’s empty-net goal hit the back of the net to complete his hat trick and put the finishing touch on Buffalo’s 7-4 lead, there weren’t enough Leafs fans left in the building to boo.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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The gas station was mostly empty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Uninhabited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninhabited. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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