uninhabited

/ ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtɪd /

adjective

1. (of a place) not having inhabitants

   an uninhabited island

Example Sentences

The islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland are uninhabited, apart from a team of scientists working out of the main island's solitary building, although there are also the ruins of a 6th Century Celtic monastery.

From BBC

The Israeli military said the missile landed in an uninhabited area early on Sunday, but that shrapnel indicated air defence systems had failed to destroy it before it entered Israeli airspace.

From BBC

Likely no one could have expected that Ron Howard’s “Eden” would be as straight-up demented as what was revealed in a prime spot at the festival, a based-in-reality “Survivor”-esque tale of a group of Europeans attempting to settle on an uninhabited island in the Galapagos in the 1930s.

From Los Angeles Times

Off Devon Island, the largest uninhabited island in the world, they risked running aground due to the area being poorly charted.

From BBC

The islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland are uninhabited, apart from a team of scientists working out of the main island's solitary building, although there are also the ruins of a 6th Century Celtic monastery.

From BBC

Related Words

• deserted
• desolate
• unoccupied
• vacant