uninhabited
adjective/ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtɪd/
/ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtɪd/
Word Family
- inhabit verb
- habitable adjective (≠ uninhabitable)
- inhabitable adjective (≠ uninhabitable)
- inhabited adjective (≠ uninhabited)
- inhabitant noun
- habitation noun
- with no people living there; not inhabited
- an uninhabited island
- The area is largely uninhabited.
- They landed on an uninhabited island off the Newfoundland coast.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryUninhabited is used with these nouns:- island
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