UNINHABITED Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

uninhabited

adjective

Definition of uninhabited

as in deserted

of a place not lived in by people a small uninhabited island

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Recent Examples of uninhabited Six goats—with names like Gilligan and MacLovin'—nibble on the leaves of bush honeysuckle and English ivy, clearing some of the invasive plant species that have choked out the native flora that once flourished on the uninhabited island. — Daliah Singer, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026 The yacht took the party to Sazan, a nearly uninhabited island off the Albanian coast. — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 Biscayne 21, now an uninhabited shell, sits on a bayfront slice of Edgewater, a high-end residential neighborhood just north of downtown Miami. — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026 The phone was deliberately dropped over uninhabited terrain to reduce any risk to people on the ground. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for uninhabited

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Adjective

Meanwhile, the city’s business hub, King Abdullah Financial District, remains largely deserted, and office towers above 10 floors are still closed.

— Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026
The event was held at an office park that felt deserted, in a small gathering space on the second floor.

— Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of deserted

Adjective

The victim crashed into an unoccupied vehicle and was found by officers near the 2400 block of Springs Road.

— Jose Fabian, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
Plant in the past has bid against, and beat, the Historic Royal Palaces charity in London, who alongside managing unoccupied royal palaces in the UK also conserve and display royal ceremonial dress.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of unoccupied

Adjective

As described in the book, the suits still needed to facilitate Herbert’s system for collecting and recycling the body’s moisture in the barren desert.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
Away from the shore, the tundra is barren, a broad expanse of moss, lichen, and exposed rock.

— Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of barren

Adjective

Democrat Bill Blakley was appointed to fill Johnson's vacated seat, but lost the special election six months later.

— Spencer Kimball,Garrett Downs,Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger,Justin Papp, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
Missouri leads the all-time series 13-4 (including a vacated win in 2016) and hasn’t loss to the Razorbacks since 2021.

— PJ Green October 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of vacated

Adjective

Royal Caribbean, for example, posts signs warning that unattended items will be held at the towel stand, according to Ashley Calderwood, a frequent cruiser who has sailed with her family for 10 years.

— Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2026
Terrence Wright and Lillian Munn were charged with child neglect without great bodily harm and leaving children unattended while in a motor vehicle.

— CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of unattended

Adjective

Andrew’s head snapped forward, his eye blurred in a burst of flesh and bone, the hollow filling with blood as a bullet tore through his head.

— Ron Farina, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
The center holds, but only because the whole structure is hollow, carries no weight.

— Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of hollow

Adjective

By the time viewers reach hour 15, the staff has spent an entire shift navigating a cyberattack that forces the emergency department to abandon digital systems, a nonstop influx of Fourth of July emergencies and an abandoned baby.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
According to the gallery, the 25-minute film is set in a semi-abandoned hotel near Tokyo and reimagines the Greek myth of the goddess Persephone’s abduction by Hades.

— Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 16 June 2026

Definition of abandoned

Adjective

Crosby added a late empty-net goal, diving face-first on the ice to tip it home.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
Quinn Sullivan started the sequence with a cross in front of goal that Indiana Vassilev settled and pulled goalkeeper William Yarbrough out of his area to find Cavan Sullivan for a close-range finish into an empty net.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026

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