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
Petroglyphs, scribed into desert rocks thousands of years ago, alert him to the human pasts of places deemed unpeopled “wastes” by the first white men to apprehend them.
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 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
Their unpeopled Mass was live-streamed to the shut-in faithful.
From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2020
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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