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peopleless

peopleless

7.6
A place with no people in it
  • adjective
  • /ˈpipələs/
translation icon : deshabitado

Examples

  • In short, if one could imagine it, down the road leading off the right frame, there would be more of the same peopleless, houseless road, lined only by telephone poles identical to those in the painting.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • The deserted island was completely peopleless, with only the sound of waves breaking on the shore.

  • She wandered through the peopleless streets of the abandoned town, feeling as if she had traveled back in time.

  • The once-bustling market now stood peopleless, overrun by weeds and silence.

Synonyms

solitary
vspeopleless
191 4.6

Being alone and not with other people or things

focuses specifically on lack of people present rather than solitude
lonely
vspeopleless
89 1.6

A place with no people or animals present

is a neutral term for no people, not implying feeling or mood
desolate
vspeopleless
29 6.8

Empty and bleak with little life or shelter

denotes lack of people without stressing harsh, inhospitable quality
uninhabited
vspeopleless
20 4.0

A place with no people living there

is a general term meaning having no people present
unoccupied
vspeopleless
7 3.4

Empty and not used by anyone

means lack of people present rather than temporary nonuse
unpopulated
vspeopleless
4 4.8

No people live there

refers to absence of people without stressing area size
abandoned
vspeopleless
2 2.8

Left empty and not used, often by people who lived there

means simply lacking people present without ownership detail
deserted
vspeopleless
1 3.0

A place that people no longer live in or use

describes emptiness but does not imply recent leaving
unpeopled
vspeopleless
1 8.0

A place that has no people living there

is the broad label for having no people present
tenantless
vspeopleless
1 6.1

No one rents or lives in it

means no people present generally, not only absence of renters
unhaunted
vspeopleless
6.6

Not lived in or visited by people

focuses only on having no people present rather than visitation
depopulated
vspeopleless
7.4

A place that has lost most of its people, often after war or disease

suggests absence of people without implying cause or loss
manless
vspeopleless
  • Specialized
6.1

Working without people on board and controlled from far away

describes lack of people present rather than functioning without crew
crewless
vspeopleless
6.0

Having no people on board to operate a ship or plane

is about absence of people in a place rather than operation without staff

Antonyms

2.9

A place where people or animals live

2.5

An area where people or animals live

How Populated

crowded
222 1.0
populated
2.5
peopleless
7.6

Surface Forms

peopleless positive

Morphology

peopleless = people (transparent) = people + less

Meaning is directly formed from 'people' + the productive suffix '-less' meaning 'without', so learners who know 'people' and '-less' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

The word peopleless is made from people and the ending -less, which means 'without'. So peopleless simply means 'without people', like homeless means 'without a home', and is used to describe a place with no people present.