uninhabited
Britishadjective
Vocabulary lists containing uninhabited
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Okinotorishima is an uninhabited coral atoll around which Japan claims an exclusive economic zone of more than 154,000 square miles in the Philippine Sea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Cape Verde was uninhabited until the 15th century before Portuguese settlers arrived.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
His daughter Ivanka recently made her own “eat cake” headlines over an alleged $1.5-billion project that would convert an uninhabited Albanian island into a luxury resort.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
“Truly, the world seemed uninhabited because of this pestilence.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The Philippines is an archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean consisting of more than seven thousand islands, many of them uninhabited.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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