uninhabited
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4.0
- adjective
- /ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtɪd/
- The lake was dotted with thousands of small uninhabited granite islands, all covered with fir and birch.
- an uninhabited island
- uninhabited land
- an uninhabited region
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- And it may be that all of these habitable planets that we've identified are actually uninhabited.
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We're on an uninhabited island.
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Long ago, the universe was hot, structureless, and uninhabited; stars had yet to form.
Academic text (2006) -
You yourself said the area's uninhabited.
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They were headed to an uninhabited island.
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This planet is uncharted and uninhabited.
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Presently, they passed a many-cupolaed manor house, apparently uninhabited and in the process of decay.
Fiction book (1993) -
A few years ago, Joana's hill was a barren, uninhabited landscape.
Academic text (2008) -
Little more than rocky outcrops, the five islands are completely uninhabited and of little intrinsic value.
Academic text (2005) -
Nineteenth-century European travelers described the scorching, scrubby bush region of Tsavo as hostile and practically uninhabited.
Academic text (2005) -
They were headed to an uninhabited island with no signs of life.
Synonyms
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2.8
Left empty and not used, often by people who lived there
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3.0
A place that people no longer live in or use
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1.6
A place with no people or animals present
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6.8
Empty and bleak with little life or shelter
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3.4
Empty and not used by anyone
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4.8
No people live there
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8.0
A place that has no people living there
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6.1
No one rents or lives in it
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8.1
Not rented or lived in and empty
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6.6
Not lived in or visited by people
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7.6
A place with no people in it
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Etymology
The word uninhabited begins with un- meaning 'not' and the rest comes from inhabit, which means 'to live' or 'to dwell' and is seen in habitat. So uninhabited means 'not lived in' or a place without people.