unpeopled
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of unpeopled
First recorded in 1580–90; un- 1 + people ( def. ), -ed 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Like they used to, pigeons still thrive in the unpeopled fringes of the Northwest.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2021
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
On this late summer’s afternoon the village has an air of tranquil prosperity, and is so still and unpeopled as to feel like a film set.
From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2018
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
It was always perfectly quiet and dark, as if the land were completely unpeopled save for me.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
