Standard Lemma guide
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adj
Having no people; uninhabited
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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Synonyms: uninhabited, unpeopled, unpopulated, beingless, desert, deserted, desolate, disinhabited, inhabitantless, inhabited, lifeless, peopleless, solitary, tenantless, unhabited, unoccupied, untenanted, vacant, wasteful
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English people Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English peopleless From people + -less.
Across languages
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