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# uninhabited

adjective (uninhabited)

«uninhabited» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. With no people living there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uninhabited/#m1)
2. With no animals or living things living there (less common). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uninhabited/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography and stories it describes islands, deserts, planets or houses where nobody lives. It tells the reader a place is empty, lonely or wild. Phrases: an uninhabited island, an uninhabited house.

### Examples

- The sailors were shipwrecked on an uninhabited island. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uninhabited/#x1)
- Much of Antarctica is uninhabited. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uninhabited/#x2)
- The old farmhouse has been uninhabited for years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uninhabited/#x3)
- Scientists think the Moon is uninhabited. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uninhabited/#x4)
- They explored an uninhabited valley. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uninhabited/#x5)
- The rocket landed on an uninhabited planet in the story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uninhabited/#x6)
- He very soon found that Squirrel Island was uninhabited. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uninhabited/#x7)

### Note

Trap: «inhabited» means people live there, and «uninhabited» means nobody does; but «inhabitable» (can be lived in) and «uninhabitable» (cannot be lived in) are different words. Not countable; it is an adjective.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «uninhabited» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uninhabited/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«uninhabited» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/uninhabited.html) on Mova free.