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uninhabited

British  
/ ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtɪd /

adjective

  1. (of a place) not having inhabitants

    an uninhabited island
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A particular pressure point is a cluster of uninhabited outcrops Japan calls Senkaku and China calls Diaoyu.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Marooned on their own de facto uninhabited island.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

The Sirius patrol, tasked with defending a huge, largely uninhabited swathe of the island in the northeast measuring 972,000 square km, travels across the ice by dogsled.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

The vessel ran aground on rocks near the uninhabited island of Jogdo.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

Off the starboard side, now about a hundred yards away, was a small, uninhabited island no more than five acres.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

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