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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Listen to this article Each spring on Falkner Island, which sits about three miles off the coast of Guilford, hundreds of roseate terns flock to the uninhabited five-acre island to breed and nest during the warm summer months before heading south again to migrate.
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
Researchers from the University of South Florida’s Department of Integrative Biology recently hopped across 11 uninhabited islands in the Gulf of California, the expansive inlet located between Mexico’s state of Baja California and the country’s northwest mainland coast.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Apr. 2025
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For this study, researchers camped along the beaches of 11 uninhabited islands in the Gulf of California.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
The Guna have long thwarted real-estate developers and foreign investors eyeing both the shore and the uninhabited islands, which are a postcard vision of paradise.
—Mark Johanson, AFAR Media, 22 Apr. 2025
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
Researchers from the University of South Florida’s Department of Integrative Biology recently hopped across 11 uninhabited islands in the Gulf of California, the expansive inlet located between Mexico’s state of Baja California and the country’s northwest mainland coast.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Apr. 2025
Read More: 10 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes The Evolution of Venom
For this study, researchers camped along the beaches of 11 uninhabited islands in the Gulf of California.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
The Guna have long thwarted real-estate developers and foreign investors eyeing both the shore and the uninhabited islands, which are a postcard vision of paradise.
—Mark Johanson, AFAR Media, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for uninhabited
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