unpopulated

Example Sentences

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This land wasn’t, of course, unpopulated, as it already had a robust Native American presence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Each July, residents of the vast and unpopulated Northern Territory have five hours when they can set off as many fireworks as they like.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2023

Shortly after, it said it downed a second S-200 missile near the city of Azov, with debris falling in an unpopulated area.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2023

In the film, both the test site and the Los Alamos Laboratory in Northern New Mexico are remote, unpopulated areas — a depiction that’s largely in line with most historical accounts of the Manhattan Project.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2023

The Farm was on the edge of a great unpopulated forest region, Tarrenpeth.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin