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
An “opera without divas,” “Der Klang” is instead realized as unpeopled pastoral landscapes, each designed and hand-painted by Kjartansson and “rooted in German romantic cliches” revived to create “a non-narrative of pure-hearted banality.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2020
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
Wherever the Sebaldian narrator finds himself, the landscape is uncannily unpeopled.
From The New Yorker ● May 29, 2017
In a sudden flash she knew he was never going to see her again, and the days rolled out before her like a dingy gray carpet in an unfurnished, unpeopled hall-for-rent.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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