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uninhabited [ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtɪd] adj
(of a place) not having inhabitants an uninhabited island ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
uninhabited adjective deserted, waste, barren, desolate, abandoned, empty, desert, lonely, unsettled, vacant, unoccupied, unpopulated, untenanted an uninhabited island in the North Pacific Translations uninhabited adj → unbewohnt uninhabited [ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtɪd] adj (house) → disabitato/a; (island) → deserto/a uninhabited [ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtɪd] adj (house) → disabitato/a; (island) → deserto/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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For who does not know Robinson Crusoe, or, as the first title ran, "The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner, who lived eight-and-twenty years all alone in an uninhabited Island on the Coast of America near the Mouth of the great River Oroonoque, having been cast on shore by shipwreck, wherein all the men perished but himself. About half a mile from the palace in which they lived there stood a castle, which was uninhabited and almost a ruin, but the garden which surrounded it was a mass of blooming flowers, and in this garden the youngest Princess used often to walk. And every morning, perched on our stays, rows of these birds were seen; and spite of our hootings, for a long time obstinately clung to the hemp, as though they deemed our ship some drifting, uninhabited craft; a thing appointed to desolation, and therefore fit roosting-place for their homeless selves. |
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