unpeopled
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of unpeopled
First recorded in 1580–90; un- 1 + people ( def. ), -ed 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Their work shows that far from an unpeopled wilderness, the Northwest Pacific Coast was a managed and stewarded place for thousands of years.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2023
Accounts of popular “vanlifers,” as they are known, are an infinite reservoir of gorgeous, unpeopled scenery previously encountered only in desktop backgrounds: sunrise canyons, sunset oceans, high-noon highways that stretch on, carless, forever.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2022
The global lockdown has given birth to new cliches: wildlife cautiously exploring unpeopled streets; iconic monuments devoid of tourists, save for the occasional solitary individual escaping their confinement.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2020
A velvet rope was languishing, unpeopled, in front of the store—looking like a cross between the entrance to a club in the Meatpacking District and a teller line in a Bank of America branch.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 3, 2018
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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