inhabited

[in-hab-i-tid]

adjective

1. having inhabitants; occupied; lived in or on.

   an inhabited island.

Other Word Forms

• inhabitedness noun
• uninhabited adjective
• well-inhabited adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of inhabited¹

First recorded in 1490–1500; inhabit + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Taste in gardens and landscapes tilted from love of picturesque nature inhabited by people and animals towards sublime Romantic wildness.

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Nutrient cycling data comes from tiny shells once inhabited by foraminifera, organisms that digest nitrogen.

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Over the years the nest has been inhabited by six to seven different pairs of falcons, possibly more.

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But between the two poles, there have been very few taken from places inhabited by people, "where we want to really understand how the climate system is varying naturally", said Ice Memory president Thomas Stocker.

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The castle, near John O' Groats, is the most northerly inhabited castle in Scotland and the property and its gardens are run as a visitor attraction in summer months.

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