unpeopled
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of unpeopled
First recorded in 1580–90; un- 1 + people ( def. ), -ed 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Shadowy cabins, abandoned pools, tree houses, lonely suburban homes and vacant parked cars with doors ajar: Michael Raedecker’s unpeopled landscapes glow in eerie monochromes in his current exhibition, “Now.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
Like they used to, pigeons still thrive in the unpeopled fringes of the Northwest.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2021
Something in me had been hungry for the vision of unpeopled streets, a suspension so rare that it was not to be missed.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2020
By Monday, that same area felt ghostly, almost entirely unpeopled.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2016
All around us, there was a vastness to the world, an unpeopled rawness, just the trees and the sky and the water reaching out toward nowhere.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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