unpopulated

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With the American West no longer lonely and unpopulated, the wind-scattered weeds have collided, quite literally, with the faux mansions and exurban retreats of transplants escaping the winter chill of New England or Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

The Forest Service made the decision to let it burn — it was in an unpopulated area and fighting it could have put firefighters’ lives at risk.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

“In a safe unpopulated area such as a terminal gate that is full of empty seats,” says Ashanti Woods, a pediatrician at Baltimore’s Mercy Medical Center.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024

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

Large tracts of southern Italy at that time were unpopulated, full of game and places of concealment.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks