Synonyms

inhabited

American

[in-hab-i-tid] / ɪnˈhæb ɪ tɪd /

adjective

having inhabitants; occupied; lived in or on.

an inhabited island.

Other Word Forms

inhabitedness noun
uninhabited adjective
well-inhabited adjective

Etymology

Origin of inhabited

First recorded in 1490–1500; inhabit + -ed ²

Example Sentences

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There’s not a moment in the play that isn’t deeply inhabited by a cast that understands the value of listening.

From Los Angeles Times

One almost gets a sense that the great doers of history were like robots, temporarily inhabited by an otherworldly spiritual force or, alternatively, were stick figures that Hegel moved about on his grandiose world-historical tableau.

From Salon

In 1971, he said that by “the year 2000 the United Kingdom will be simply a small group of impoverished islands, inhabited by some 70 million hungry people.”

From The Wall Street Journal

A "rare" opportunity has come up to live and work on the UK's most remote inhabited island - but only for people with certain sets of skills.

From BBC

And it had nothing to do with it already being inhabited by a very talkative hare.

From Literature

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