unpopulated
Example Sentences
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The ministry said a drone entered Romanian airspace near Galati before crashing in an unpopulated area in Tulcea county.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
This land wasn’t, of course, unpopulated, as it already had a robust Native American presence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 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
A total solar eclipse occurs somewhere on Earth roughly every 18 months, but they are often in quite unpopulated areas, whereas this one had major cities including Dallas in its path.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2024
Large tracts of southern Italy at that time were unpopulated, full of game and places of concealment.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
