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 Romania’s Defense Ministry said an unidentified drone crashed and burned in an uninhabited area near the Ukrainian border. — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026 Fragments appeared to have fallen in an uninhabited area between two villages. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026 The teenager, who was Black, had traveled to the uninhabited island with a group of friends from high school, all of whom were white. — ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026 In 2002, Morocco and Spain had a standoff after both sent forces to a small uninhabited island off Ceuta. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 31 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for uninhabited

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Adjective

Supporting this theory, the population of Lauriacum increased threefold over the next fifty years, with the deserted settlement now being used as a quarry.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
On the other side of the dark matter manhole, the pair find themselves on a deserted planet which seems to have already been utterly destroyed.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of deserted

Adjective

Authorities found the pickup unoccupied and began searching surrounding rice fields with assistance from the California Highway Patrol and Yolo deputies.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Deputies found three bullet holes in a trash can and one through the windshield of an unoccupied Dodge Challenger, according to the report.

— David Goodhue, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of unoccupied

Adjective

Later, this same organic material hitched a ride on crashing meteorites to seed a young, barren Earth.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
In one of these journals, called Notebook B, there is an incidental sketch, a few scratched lines like the barren twigs of a winter tree.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of barren

Adjective

On Monday, the department formally removed the vacated Biden-era rule from the Code of Federal Regulations and restored the earlier regulatory language.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Food Lion has since announced plans to fill the vacated space at 5706 Wyalong Drive.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of vacated

Adjective

School staff found the backpack lying unattended after breaking up a fight inside a hallway at Cambria Heights Academy on 91st Ave.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026
Bailey notes that children who are allowed to run freely or are left unattended could injure themselves or others.

— Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of unattended

Adjective

Every unfilled titanium lattice sank as water flooded its hollow channels.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2026
According to Mason Huddleston, an urban agriculturalist at Oklahoma State University Extension, one of the plant’s most distinguishing features is its smooth, hollow stem, marked with purple or reddish-purple spots.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 Sep. 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

Large sections of chairs in the hall were empty as delegations filed out in protest of Iranian aggression.

— Robin Wright, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
New Zealand then spent 10 minutes in England's half and appeared to waste it until Du Plessis chased a clearance back to halfway, turned and kicked into empty space and beat everyone to the ball in goal.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

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