English > uninhabited: 1 sense > adjective 1| Meaning | not having inhabitants; not lived in. |
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| Examples | - "an uninhabited island"
- "gaping doors of uninhabited houses"
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| Narrower | abandoned, derelict, deserted | forsaken by owner or inhabitants |
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| depopulated | Having lost inhabitants as by war or disease |
| lonely, solitary, unfrequented | devoid of creatures |
| unoccupied, untenanted | not leased to or occupied by a tenant / tenant / tenant |
| unpeopled, unpopulated | With no people living there |
| unsettled | not yet settled |
| Opposite | inhabited | Having inhabitants |
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| Spanish | deshabitado, desierto, inhabitado, yermo |
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| Catalan | desert, deshabitat, erm, inhabitat |
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