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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
  • 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
Adjective
  • The unsettled pattern is expected to continue into next week, with 60–80% rain and storm chances Monday through Wednesday.
    Keily Alfonzo, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
  • What unsettled investors was the gap between the Fed's economic forecasts and Warsh's remarks.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

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“Unpeopled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpeopled. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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