uninhabited
adjective
un·in·hab·it·ed
ˌən-in-ˈha-bə-təd 
: not occupied or lived in by people : not inhabited
an uninhabited island/house
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The Revolt carried out an early attack in February 2014, firebombing an uninhabited home in a small Arab village in the West Bank called Silwad, and followed with more arson attacks, the uprooting of olive groves and the destruction of Palestinian granaries.
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Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
The second-last port is Les Saintes, a pristine and mostly uninhabited archipelago of nine islands in Guadeloupe.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
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Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
The second-last port is Les Saintes, a pristine and mostly uninhabited archipelago of nine islands in Guadeloupe.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
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“Uninhabited.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uninhabited. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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