uninhabited
adjective
un·in·hab·it·ed
ˌən-in-ˈha-bə-təd 
: not occupied or lived in by people : not inhabited
an uninhabited island/house
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The East Asian neighbors have two ongoing disputes in the East China Sea: one over the sovereignty of the uninhabited Senkaku island group—administered by Tokyo but claimed by Beijing as the Diaoyu Islands—and the other over energy exploration in the region.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
Consequently, all the oases in his model were considered uninhabited.
—ArsTechnica, 13 July 2025
The first evacuation orders were issued around 3:30 p.m., and by Friday morning the order covered 400 square miles of largely uninhabited land in the Carrizo Plain area.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 4 July 2025
With Etna’s lava flows largely contained to its uninhabited slopes, life goes in towns and villages elsewhere on the mountain.
—Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
Consequently, all the oases in his model were considered uninhabited.
—ArsTechnica, 13 July 2025
The first evacuation orders were issued around 3:30 p.m., and by Friday morning the order covered 400 square miles of largely uninhabited land in the Carrizo Plain area.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 4 July 2025
With Etna’s lava flows largely contained to its uninhabited slopes, life goes in towns and villages elsewhere on the mountain.
—Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for uninhabited
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“Uninhabited.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uninhabited. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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