as in deserted
of a place
not lived in by people
a small uninhabited island
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Recent Examples of uninhabited
Researchers from the University of South Florida’s Department of Integrative Biology recently hopped across 11 uninhabited islands in the Gulf of California, the expansive inlet located between Mexico’s state of Baja California and the country’s northwest mainland coast.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Apr. 2025
Read More: 10 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes The Evolution of Venom
For this study, researchers camped along the beaches of 11 uninhabited islands in the Gulf of California.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
The Guna have long thwarted real-estate developers and foreign investors eyeing both the shore and the uninhabited islands, which are a postcard vision of paradise.
—Mark Johanson, AFAR Media, 22 Apr. 2025
More from Axios: A third global recession in 20 years looms
Trump announces tariffs on uninhabited islands
Trump's tariffs list is missing one big country: Russia
Editor's note: This article has been updated with comments from more leaders.
—Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Apr. 2025
Read More: 10 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes The Evolution of Venom
For this study, researchers camped along the beaches of 11 uninhabited islands in the Gulf of California.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
The Guna have long thwarted real-estate developers and foreign investors eyeing both the shore and the uninhabited islands, which are a postcard vision of paradise.
—Mark Johanson, AFAR Media, 22 Apr. 2025
More from Axios: A third global recession in 20 years looms
Trump announces tariffs on uninhabited islands
Trump's tariffs list is missing one big country: Russia
Editor's note: This article has been updated with comments from more leaders.
—Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninhabited
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In February 2023, Levy was introduced to his new Santa Rita Jail cellmate, an El Cerrito man named Yuri Brand who was in jail for allegedly spending two days in a Piedmont resident’s unoccupied home, when the homeowner was away.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
9 May 2025
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Advertisements are constantly shooting into our every unoccupied nook and cranny, but the good ones are now sensitive to our rawest family dynamics.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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In the early 1900s, Jennie Butchart transformed the scarred land of a barren limestone quarry into a lush retreat, proving nature’s resilience.—
Cheryl Russell,
Oc Register,
11 May 2025
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The inky ocean depths are often assumed to be barren, but this is a myth, said Adrian Glover, a deep-sea ocean scientist at the UK’s Natural History Museum.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
8 May 2025
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Meanwhile, unattended slabs of too-warm pork were found on a push cart, a repeat violation.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
16 May 2025
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Chicago Fire Department investigators say that unattended cooking caused the extra-alarm fire in the West Ridge neighborhood last month that killed a 6-year-old boy and injured his mother along with two firefighters, officials said.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2025
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But despite the financial success, something felt hollow.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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To do so would mean admitting that his promise of absolute victory is hollow.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2025
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The 33 towns being considered for this project, which are expected to meet final approval in the coming weeks, are all on the brink of extinction with the number of empty and abandoned houses outnumbering those that are inhabited.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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The team had a group task to accomplish, yes, but at every checkpoint, people had to make the decision to be selfish or selfless, and the selfish ones got rewarded while the selfless were left abandoned and miserable on the loch.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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One night at dinner, my daughter whispered to me that the empty bread basket was a bummer.—
Lauren Mechling,
Vogue,
19 May 2025
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The mad sorceress Eudoxia, Empress of Troy, has died, leaving the Serpent Throne empty.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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Fast forward: After three years, the site remains vacant, fenced and undeveloped.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
14 May 2025
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Inside the one-story cinder block building, three state health officials sat along a table at the front of the largely vacant room.—
Margaret Coker,
ProPublica,
14 May 2025
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