Synonyms for uninhabited
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Deserted — not inhabited; having no inhabitants
deserted, desolate, unpopulated, unoccupied, desert, vacant, abandoned, solitary, empty, lonely, lifeless, untenanted, unpeopled, unfrequented, tenantless, inhabitantless, forsaken, peopleless rare
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Not inhabited; having no inhabitants.
Example sentences
- desert The wreckage of the plane was found in the desert.
- deserted Tom and Mary became stranded on a deserted island.
- unoccupied Paul checked the stall to see that it was unoccupied.
- unpopulated Ghost towns are not completely unpopulated, are they?
- unsettled Americans appear unsettled and uncontrolled to Japanese.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| uninhabited | steady | |
| desert | rising | |
| deserted | rising | |
| unoccupied | steady | |
| unpopulated | steady | |
| unsettled | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- empty2
- 6 letters
- desert2, lonely2, vacant2
- 8 letters
- solitary4, deserted3, desolate3, lifeless2, forsaken3
- 9 letters
- abandoned3, unsettled3, unpeopled
- 10 letters
- unoccupied4, untenanted, tenantless, peopleless
- 11 letters
- unpopulated
- 12 letters
- unfrequented
- 14 letters
- inhabitantless
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (empty2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- inhabité
- Italiano
- disabitato
- Català
- deshabitat