Standard Lemma guide

uninhabited

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌʌn.ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tɪd/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not inhabited; having no inhabitants.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inhabitantless, peopleless, uninhabitated

Antonyms: inhabited

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not having a term.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Qualifier: type theory

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: inhabited

3

adjective

Meaning 3

not having inhabitants; not lived in

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an uninhabited island
  • gaping doors of uninhabited houses

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: inhabited

History

Etymology

From un- + inhabited.

Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: əhalisiz — not inhabited
  • Belarusian: ненасе́лены (njenasjéljeny) — not inhabited
  • Belarusian: незасе́лены (njezasjéljeny) — not inhabited
  • Belarusian: бязлю́дны (bjazljúdny) — not inhabited
  • Bulgarian: необита́ван (neobitávan) — not inhabited
  • Bulgarian: незаселен (nezaselen) — not inhabited
  • Catalan: inhabitat — not inhabited
  • Catalan: deshabitat — not inhabited
  • Catalan: despoblat — not inhabited
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無人 /无人 (wúrén) — not inhabited
  • Czech: neobydlený — not inhabited
  • Danish: ubeboet — not inhabited
  • Dutch: onbewoond — not inhabited
  • Finnish: asumaton — not inhabited
  • French: inhabité — not inhabited
  • Galician: deshabitado — not inhabited
  • Galician: despoboado — not inhabited
  • Galician: inhabitado — not inhabited
  • Georgian: დაუსახლებელი (dausaxlebeli) — not inhabited
  • German: unbewohnt — not inhabited
  • Greek: ακατοίκητος (akatoíkitos) — not inhabited
  • Hungarian: lakatlan — not inhabited
  • Italian: disabitato — not inhabited
  • Japanese: 無人 — not inhabited
  • Kalmyk: эҗго (ejgo) — not inhabited
  • Korean: 무인의 (mu'inui) — not inhabited
  • Macedonian: ненаселен (nenaselen) — not inhabited
  • Māori: tāngatakore — not inhabited
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ubebodd — not inhabited
  • Plautdietsch: onbewont — not inhabited
  • Polish: niezamieszkany — not inhabited
  • Polish: bezludny — not inhabited
  • Portuguese: inabitado — not inhabited
  • Portuguese: desabitado — not inhabited
  • Romanian: deșert — not inhabited
  • Romanian: nepopulat — not inhabited
  • Romanian: nelocuit — not inhabited
  • Russian: необита́емый (neobitájemyj) — not inhabited
  • Russian: безлю́дный (bezljúdnyj) — not inhabited
  • Russian: ненаселённый (nenaseljónnyj) — not inhabited
  • Russian: незаселённый (nezaseljónnyj) — not inhabited
  • Serbo-Croatian: nenastanjen — not inhabited
  • Serbo-Croatian: nenaseljen — not inhabited
  • Spanish: deshabitado — not inhabited
  • Spanish: abandonado — not inhabited
  • Spanish: inhabitado — not inhabited
  • Swedish: obebodd — not inhabited
  • Ottoman Turkish: چول (çöl) — not inhabited
  • Ottoman Turkish: خراب (harab) — not inhabited
  • Ukrainian: ненасе́лений (nenasélenyj) — not inhabited
  • Ukrainian: незасе́лений (nezasélenyj) — not inhabited
  • Ukrainian: безлю́дний (bezljúdnyj) — not inhabited
Real reading context

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