UNINHABITED Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

uninhabited

adjective

Definition of uninhabited

as in deserted

of a place not lived in by people a small uninhabited island

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Recent Examples of uninhabited Six goats—with names like Gilligan and MacLovin'—nibble on the leaves of bush honeysuckle and English ivy, clearing some of the invasive plant species that have choked out the native flora that once flourished on the uninhabited island. — Daliah Singer, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026 The yacht took the party to Sazan, a nearly uninhabited island off the Albanian coast. — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 Biscayne 21, now an uninhabited shell, sits on a bayfront slice of Edgewater, a high-end residential neighborhood just north of downtown Miami. — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026 The phone was deliberately dropped over uninhabited terrain to reduce any risk to people on the ground. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for uninhabited

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Adjective

The suitcase containing her body was found soon afterward by railway tracks in a deserted area.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Supporting this theory, the population of Lauriacum increased threefold over the next fifty years, with the deserted settlement now being used as a quarry.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of deserted

Adjective

To provide some perspective, billions of dollars are spent annually to operate and maintain outdated and largely unoccupied federal buildings.

— Letters to the Editor, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
With the help of license plate readers and other investigative efforts, police located the pickup near Clement and Mendocino avenues, which was unoccupied.

— Tim Fang, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of unoccupied

Adjective

Missouri leads the all-time series 13-4 (including a vacated win in 2016) and hasn’t loss to the Razorbacks since 2021.

— PJ Green October 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026
On Monday, the department formally removed the vacated Biden-era rule from the Code of Federal Regulations and restored the earlier regulatory language.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of vacated

Adjective

Cantrell has a history of unattended or undisclosed pregnancy and childbirth and was close to delivering, according to the relative’s account, described in a police record.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026
That decade’s fully automatic machines could be left unattended to rinse, spin, and drain.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of unattended

Adjective

The singer wore a sharp, black wool palladium tuxedo jacket featuring a long, relaxed double-breasted silhouette with hollow shoulder construction and peak lapels.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
The turbine also incorporates hollow superalloy blades designed to withstand high operating temperatures.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of hollow

Adjective

By the time viewers reach hour 15, the staff has spent an entire shift navigating a cyberattack that forces the emergency department to abandon digital systems, a nonstop influx of Fourth of July emergencies and an abandoned baby.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
According to the gallery, the 25-minute film is set in a semi-abandoned hotel near Tokyo and reimagines the Greek myth of the goddess Persephone’s abduction by Hades.

— Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 16 June 2026

Definition of abandoned

Adjective

None of the ballistic missiles that slammed Kyiv overnight into Thursday were intercepted – an indicator that Patriot stocks are still empty or critically low.

— Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Phishing email and empty ring boxes Vardon’s article was primarily about how Knicks assistant coaches did not get rings on Tuesday when the team raised its first league championship banner since 1973.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026

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