UNPEOPLED Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of unpeopled

as in uninhabited

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verb

past tense of unpeople

as in depopulated

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But finding unpeopled streetscapes is harder said than done in a city like New York or Tokyo. — Michael Hardy, Wired, 15 Apr. 2020 Alaska has giant swaths of unpeopled country with no twirling weather radars, or none that can see beyond where mountains are blocking them. — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2022 The emptiness and silence of his childhood reproduce themselves in the unpeopled landscapes through which his characters wander. — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2021 Hopper often produces the unease even in unpeopled landscapes and views of buildings, as if catching nature and habitation defenselessly exposed in disarray, mundanity, or squalor. — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 1 June 2020

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpeopled

Adjective

Mid-range uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAVs) can suppress, distract, saturate, and expose Russian air defenses.

— David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
There's also casual Italian fare at Bottega; castaway lunches at Drift, set on the uninhabited island of Jehunuhura; and Scoops for smoothies and free ice-cream cones.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 June 2026

Definition of uninhabited

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The unsettled conference status for Ursuline is causing the school harm, the complaint contends.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026
After a stormy Fourth of July weekend, Baltimore will begin the week with unsettled weather as a slow-moving system lingers over the region.

— Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2026

Definition of unsettled

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