unpeopled
- adjective
- /ʌnˈpiːpəld/
- 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.
- Tires swish, racing on unpeopled roads and rain.
Examples
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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.
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The artist sought inspiration in the unpeopled countryside, where nature flourished without disturbance.
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Exploring the unpeopled island, we felt a profound sense of solitude amidst the vast landscape.
Synonyms
A place with no people or animals present
A place with no people living there
Empty and not used by anyone
No people live there
A place with no people in it
Not lived in or visited by people
Antonyms
How Populated
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.