as in deserted
of a place
not lived in by people
a small uninhabited island
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Recent Examples of uninhabited
Today it’s called the Golden Ring and promises a four-star experience with views of uninhabited skyscrapers.
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Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Marooned on their own de facto uninhabited island.
—Malina Saval, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
One was intercepted, and the other fell into an uninhabited area, a ministry spokesperson said.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
This small island group consists of Ano Koufonisi and the uninhabited Kato Koufonisi.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 23 Mar. 2026
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Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Marooned on their own de facto uninhabited island.
—Malina Saval, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
One was intercepted, and the other fell into an uninhabited area, a ministry spokesperson said.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
This small island group consists of Ano Koufonisi and the uninhabited Kato Koufonisi.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninhabited
Adjective
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Videos on social media showed militant convoys in trucks and motorcycles moving through the town's deserted streets, while residents looked on fearfully.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Videos on social media showed militant convoys in trucks and motorcycles moving through the town’s deserted streets, while residents looked on fearfully.—
Mark Banchereau,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Deputies found the infant's remains on the driveway of an unoccupied home on North Avenue in Lufkin, the sheriff's office said.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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He was charged in September 2023 with battery and burglary of an unoccupied dwelling and in May 2023 with battery, both classified in court records as misdemeanors.—
Holly Ramer,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The experience gave me a front-row seat to the coast’s dramatic beauty, and also a lesson in the abundance of the Arctic, a region often assumed to be barren.—
Karen Gardiner,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Apr. 2026
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This isn't to say every single post-starburst galaxy is totally barren.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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If the Bills are looking to find a fullback type to fill the vacated Reggie Gilliam role, Nowakowski could be an interesting name to monitor.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Although Ninth Circuit judges couldn’t cite the vacated Jones decision as a precedent, nothing stopped them from repeating all the same reasoning to reach a similar result in a similar case.—
Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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No fires should be left unattended.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
23 Apr. 2026
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Dogs can’t be left unattended in the room or anywhere on the property.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Underground storage moves forward The project relies on naturally occurring salt caverns, formed by the dissolution of salt rock, creating large underground hollow spaces.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) peered 10,000 light-years into space to trace the origin of buckyballs, which are large and hollow molecules resembling a soccer ball.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The city has been overwhelmed in recent years by an influx of abandoned and stray dogs and puppies.—
Alyce McFadden,
San Francisco Chronicle,
13 Mar. 2026
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Antonia Noori Farzan The Providence Police Department is urging drivers to stay off the road, saying that stuck and abandoned cars are causing problems and preventing the city from getting back to normal.—
Eryn Dion,
The Providence Journal,
24 Feb. 2026
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It’s been maddening to watch a lineup full of high-end hitters come up empty night after night in April, a month that has felt as long as about three.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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After sitting empty since Sting and Styler moved out, per the New York Post, the stylish spread has just returned to the market for $45 million, a whopping $5 million less than the current owner paid.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Uninhabited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninhabited. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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