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Recent Examples of unpeopled
Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2022
The emptiness and silence of his childhood reproduce themselves in the unpeopled landscapes through which his characters wander.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2021
Hopper often produces the unease even in unpeopled landscapes and views of buildings, as if catching nature and habitation defenselessly exposed in disarray, mundanity, or squalor.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 1 June 2020
But finding unpeopled streetscapes is harder said than done in a city like New York or Tokyo.
—Michael Hardy, Wired, 15 Apr. 2020
Adjective
Alaska has giant swaths of unpeopled country with no twirling weather radars, or none that can see beyond where mountains are blocking them.
—Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2022
The emptiness and silence of his childhood reproduce themselves in the unpeopled landscapes through which his characters wander.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2021
Hopper often produces the unease even in unpeopled landscapes and views of buildings, as if catching nature and habitation defenselessly exposed in disarray, mundanity, or squalor.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 1 June 2020
But finding unpeopled streetscapes is harder said than done in a city like New York or Tokyo.
—Michael Hardy, Wired, 15 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpeopled
Adjective
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Then, the superyacht spends days drifting between uninhabited islands, before the final leg, which crosses into the San Blas Islands.—
Dea Jusufi,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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Marvin Key, 10 to 15 miles northeast of Key West, is an uninhabited island off the Lower Keys popular with weekend boaters for its beaches and sandbars.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
3 May 2026
Adjective
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The holiday weekend, however, is looking unsettled at the moment, with on-and-off rain and below normal temperatures.—
Justin Lewis,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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Pricing and licensing data for machine consumption remain unsettled.—
Mike Cahill,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Unpeopled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpeopled. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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