as in uninhabited
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Recent Examples of unpeopled
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.
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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.
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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.
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Michael Hardy,
Wired,
15 Apr. 2020
Adjective
Alaska has giant swaths of unpeopled country with no twirling weather radars, or none that can see beyond where mountains are blocking them.
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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
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Mid-range uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAVs) can suppress, distract, saturate, and expose Russian air defenses.
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There's also casual Italian fare at Bottega; castaway lunches at Drift, set on the uninhabited island of Jehunuhura; and Scoops for smoothies and free ice-cream cones.
Adjective
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Temperatures remain below average today as an unsettled pattern continues, but drier weather and scorching temperatures are coming.
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Similar to yesterday, our weather will remain unsettled through the day with plenty of cloud cover and a chance of rain that will peak in the afternoon hours.
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“Unpeopled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpeopled. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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