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unpeopled

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verb

past tense of unpeople

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Recent Examples of unpeopled
Adjective
Alaska has giant swaths of unpeopled country with no twirling weather radars, or none that can see beyond where mountains are blocking them. Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2022 The emptiness and silence of his childhood reproduce themselves in the unpeopled landscapes through which his characters wander. Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2021 Hopper often produces the unease even in unpeopled landscapes and views of buildings, as if catching nature and habitation defenselessly exposed in disarray, mundanity, or squalor. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 1 June 2020 But finding unpeopled streetscapes is harder said than done in a city like New York or Tokyo. Michael Hardy, Wired, 15 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpeopled
Adjective
  • That evening, residents said fires burned two uninhabited homes that sat on active farm and grazing lands.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Marooned on their own de facto uninhabited island.
    Malina Saval, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Overall, across the West, unsettled weather is expected early in the month, NOAA's Weather Prediction Center (WPC) said.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
  • However, forecast models indicate a more unsettled pattern may develop next week, likely mid- to late week, so conditions could change.
    Newsroom Meteorologist, Houston Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026

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“Unpeopled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpeopled. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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