as in deserted
of a place
not lived in by people
a small uninhabited island
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Recent Examples of uninhabited
These uninhabited islands teem with such biodiversity that they are included in the region's UNESCO World Heritage designation.
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2025
Though under Ukrainian control, the farmland and narrow roads were an almost uninhabited security buffer, guarded by checkpoints and often watched over by Russian surveillance drones and Lancets, loitering munitions that dive on targets from high above.
—C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Only accessible by boat, the uninhabited nature preserve’s salt marshes, dunes, and pristine beaches are great spots to hunt for fossils, fish, or camp.
—Judy Garrison, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
Mauro Morandi, whose 32-year sojourn on an uninhabited Mediterranean island led to his being known as Italy’s Robinson Crusoe, died on Jan. 3 in Modena, Italy.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2025
Though under Ukrainian control, the farmland and narrow roads were an almost uninhabited security buffer, guarded by checkpoints and often watched over by Russian surveillance drones and Lancets, loitering munitions that dive on targets from high above.
—C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Only accessible by boat, the uninhabited nature preserve’s salt marshes, dunes, and pristine beaches are great spots to hunt for fossils, fish, or camp.
—Judy Garrison, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
Mauro Morandi, whose 32-year sojourn on an uninhabited Mediterranean island led to his being known as Italy’s Robinson Crusoe, died on Jan. 3 in Modena, Italy.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninhabited
Adjective
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Arriving officers located evidence of gunfire at the scene with damage to an unoccupied vehicle, Vafiades said.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
18 Feb. 2025
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Police said the store and two unoccupied vehicles were also hit by bullets, but no one else was injured.—
Harry Harris,
The Mercury News,
13 Feb. 2025
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Lost in the woods, Irving dreams of a barren forest and the MDR cubicles — with Burt (Christopher Walken) behind a desk.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
7 Feb. 2025
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The barren structure, half wrapped in glass, is particularly noticeable at night, when strings of bright construction lights illuminate every floor.—
Eric Lach,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Another voice in the group floated the idea that someone could use an unattended CAC account to snoop on the president's medical records.—
James LaPorta,
CBS News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Massachusetts State Police troopers on Tuesday responded to an unattended death aboard an Air France flight from Paris to Boston Logan International Airport.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
15 Jan. 2025
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To start, pick up any waste in your yard that may be attracting birds, such as old tires or hollow fence posts that birds may want to nest in.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Feb. 2025
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The threat posed by Russia is not just hollow scaremongering for countries across Europe.—
Daryna Mayer,
NBC News,
13 Feb. 2025
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But the findings won’t be able to say how abandoned land should be managed, or whether people should try to manage it at all.—
ByDan Charles,
science.org,
2 Jan. 2025
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A day later his car was found abandoned but undamaged in a parking lot near Congaree National Park about 20 miles southeast of Columbia.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
3 Jan. 2025
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Shoppers have taken to social media to document the egg crisis, sharing photos and videos of empty shelves, limit notices and other shoppers mass purchasing eggs.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Sign on an empty supermarket shelf in Queens, New York.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2025
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Previous fires at the building, which has been vacant for several years, have been attributed to squatters.—
Harry Harris,
The Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2025
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Second in line, if the public advocate's office was vacant, would the city comptroller, a role held by Brad Lander, who has already launched a bid to challenge Adams in this year's Democratic mayoral primary.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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