as in deserted
of a place
not lived in by people
a small uninhabited island
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Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
Heard and McDonald Islands -- Australian external territory of mostly barren Antarctic islands; uninhabited with no imports or exports.
—Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2025
According to a tariffs list shared by the White House on X, the uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands — an external territory of Australia — are not exempt from the 10% tariff on goods.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
President Trump, as part of his expansive package of new tariffs, levied taxes on a number of uninhabited or sparsely populated islands that have little-to-no exports.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 3 Apr. 2025
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Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
Heard and McDonald Islands -- Australian external territory of mostly barren Antarctic islands; uninhabited with no imports or exports.
—Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2025
According to a tariffs list shared by the White House on X, the uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands — an external territory of Australia — are not exempt from the 10% tariff on goods.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
President Trump, as part of his expansive package of new tariffs, levied taxes on a number of uninhabited or sparsely populated islands that have little-to-no exports.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninhabited
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In February 2023, Levy was introduced to his new Santa Rita Jail cellmate, an El Cerrito man named Yuri Brand who was in jail for allegedly spending two days in a Piedmont resident’s unoccupied home, when the homeowner was away.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
9 May 2025
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Advertisements are constantly shooting into our every unoccupied nook and cranny, but the good ones are now sensitive to our rawest family dynamics.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
7 May 2025
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In the early 1900s, Jennie Butchart transformed the scarred land of a barren limestone quarry into a lush retreat, proving nature’s resilience.—
Cheryl Russell,
Oc Register,
11 May 2025
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The inky ocean depths are often assumed to be barren, but this is a myth, said Adrian Glover, a deep-sea ocean scientist at the UK’s Natural History Museum.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
8 May 2025
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Meanwhile, unattended slabs of too-warm pork were found on a push cart, a repeat violation.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
16 May 2025
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Chicago Fire Department investigators say that unattended cooking caused the extra-alarm fire in the West Ridge neighborhood last month that killed a 6-year-old boy and injured his mother along with two firefighters, officials said.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2025
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But despite the financial success, something felt hollow.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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To do so would mean admitting that his promise of absolute victory is hollow.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2025
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The 33 towns being considered for this project, which are expected to meet final approval in the coming weeks, are all on the brink of extinction with the number of empty and abandoned houses outnumbering those that are inhabited.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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The team had a group task to accomplish, yes, but at every checkpoint, people had to make the decision to be selfish or selfless, and the selfish ones got rewarded while the selfless were left abandoned and miserable on the loch.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2025
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Consumers have faced empty supermarket shelves and a nearly 90% surge in prices.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
8 May 2025
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In recent years, K Street has stood out more for its empty storefronts and large number of homeless people than as a vibrant center for activity.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
8 May 2025
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Inside the one-story cinder block building, three state health officials sat along a table at the front of the largely vacant room.—
Margaret Coker,
ProPublica,
14 May 2025
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Fast forward: After three years, the site remains vacant, fenced and undeveloped.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
14 May 2025
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“Uninhabited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninhabited. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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