uninhabited
adjective
un·in·hab·it·ed
ˌən-in-ˈha-bə-təd 
: not occupied or lived in by people : not inhabited
an uninhabited island/house
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Tourism is the main industry in the Bahamas, an archipelago of nearly 700 islands — all but about 30 of them uninhabited — and former British colony.
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Amy Bentley, Orange County Register, 29 May 2024
This activity goes down at the Instagram-famous Pig Beach on Big Major Cay, an uninhabited island that’s accessible via boat.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2024
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Amy Bentley, Orange County Register, 29 May 2024
This activity goes down at the Instagram-famous Pig Beach on Big Major Cay, an uninhabited island that’s accessible via boat.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2024
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“Uninhabited.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uninhabited. Accessed 3 Jun. 2024.
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