unpopulated
4
4.8
- adjective
- /ʌnˈpɒpjʊleɪtɪd/
- The town was completely unpopulated after the evacuation, leaving only empty streets and abandoned buildings.
- unpopulated area
- unpopulated wilderness
- unpopulated desert
Examples
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Patagonia was virtually unpopulated at the time, but the new state immediately began to sponsor colonization schemes there.
Academic text (2000) -
The exception is Reno, which applies on a remote tract of land 140 miles north of the city in an area that is unpopulated except for a few days in late summer, when the Burning Man Festival takes place.
Academic text (2000) -
Environments may be populated or unpopulated.
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Empty, unpopulated empires rise and fall.
Fiction book (2000) -
Put simply, unpopulated and sparsely populated areas are under-represented in the temperature record.
Blog text (10) -
Herman van der Wee reports that as late as 1597, much rural land remained entirely unpopulated and the countryside was in a state of wastage.
Academic text (2014) -
As we hiked deeper into the forest, we found ourselves in an unpopulated area far from civilization.
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The island remained unpopulated for centuries, attracting only occasional explorers and researchers.
Synonyms
292
2.8
Left empty and not used, often by people who lived there
116
3.0
A place that people no longer live in or use
34
1.6
A place with no people or animals present
23
4.0
A place with no people living there
13
3.4
Empty and not used by anyone
1
8.0
A place that has no people living there
1
7.4
A place that has lost most of its people, often after war or disease
1
8.1
Not rented or lived in and empty
1
6.6
Not lived in or visited by people
1
7.6
A place with no people in it
Antonyms
How Populated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word unpopulated is made from un- meaning 'not' and populate, which is about 'people' as in population. So unpopulated means 'not filled with people', which is why we use it for places where no one lives.