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unpeopled

unpeopled

1 8.0
A place that has no people living there
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈpiːpəld/
translation icon : deshabitado
  • They took us fishing where it was quietly unpeopled, and we could lie back in the boat and watch the sky pass above us.
  • unpeopled streets
  • an unpeopled world

Tires swish, racing on unpeopled roads and rain.

Examples

  • Clustering like spooked cattle, the recruits looked around the unpeopled grounds for guidance.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • First impressions can be like the dream of an unspoiled, unpeopled place, an Eden where problems are swept away on a cinnamon breeze.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The territory, after all, is not empty or unpeopled.

    Academic text (1991)
  • It was not only inhabited land but also unpeopled land; not only level plains but also mountains and woods.

    Academic text (2005)
  • But I have seen those lonely tombs of the desert—seen them rise from their boundless and unpeopled plains.

    Academic text (2002)
  • There was no eye but mine to see, yet in the midst of unpeopled desolation, the majestic ceremonies of the sky were fulfilled with the same slow pomp and splendor.

    Blog text (22)
  • After hours of hiking, we finally reached an unpeopled valley, untouched by civilization.

  • The artist sought inspiration in the unpeopled countryside, where nature flourished without disturbance.

  • Exploring the unpeopled island, we felt a profound sense of solitude amidst the vast landscape.

Synonyms

lonely
vsunpeopled
89 1.6

A place with no people or animals present

describes emptiness without emotional sense, focusing on lack of residents
uninhabited
vsunpeopled
20 4.0

A place with no people living there

is the general term for a place without residents
unoccupied
vsunpeopled
7 3.4

Empty and not used by anyone

is restricted to places with no residents rather than any unused space
unpopulated
vsunpeopled
4 4.8

No people live there

is the same idea but used in more literary or formal contexts
peopleless
vsunpeopled
7.6

A place with no people in it

is about absence of residents as a lasting condition rather than momentary absence
unhaunted
vsunpeopled
6.6

Not lived in or visited by people

is focused only on being empty of residents, not on visitation

Antonyms

2.5

An area where people or animals live

2.9

A place where people or animals live

How Populated

populous
23 4.4
crowded
222 1.0
populated
2.5
unpeopled
1 8.0

Surface Forms

unpeopled positive

Morphology

unpeopled = peopled (transparent) = un + people + ed

Un- straightforwardly negates the adjective 'peopled' to mean 'not inhabited'.

Etymology

Unpeopled starts with un- meaning 'not' and the word people meaning 'people'. So it simply means 'not filled with people' and is the opposite of populated, used for places where no one lives.