uninhabited

Example Sentences

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One was intercepted, and two fell in uninhabited areas, the defence ministry said.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

Japan has its own territorial dispute with China over a cluster of uninhabited islands called the Senkakus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

And so the plans for Operation Exodus were set: The Rainbow Warrior would move the entire population of Rongelap 100 miles south, to the uninhabited island of Mejato.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

But the uninhabited, fogbound rock is significant for its location in an area known as the "Grey Zone" – the site of a rare international dispute between Canada and the United States.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2025

Driven off course, the captain sought shelter next to a rocky, barren, almost totally uninhabited small island that in ancient times had been called both Aeigilia and Cerigotto, but which now was called Antikythera.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler