uninhabited
Britishadjective
Vocabulary lists containing uninhabited
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The seabirds, synonymous with Rathlin Island off County Antrim, are not indigenous to the uninhabited Lighthouse Island, so no population existed there until an introduction scheme was launched around 2013.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Permission has been refused for a guga hunt which would have seen hundreds of young seabirds killed on an uninhabited Hebridean island.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
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
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
At sunup on any given day, it seems as uninhabited as a country graveyard.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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