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unpeopled

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verb

past tense of unpeople

Example Sentences

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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
  • East Caicos, one of the largest uninhabited islands in the Caribbean, felt untouched.
    Henry Wismayer, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
  • What To Know The Japanese government purchased Mageshima, an uninhabited islet in Kagoshima prefecture, for $146 million in 2019.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Arizona is expecting unsettled weather with rain and high-country snow through the weekend.
    Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Pro Football Hall of Famer Jimmy Johnson appeared to be just as unsettled as other football fans were over an AI video that appeared of him during the college football national championship.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026

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“Unpeopled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpeopled. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.

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