uninhabited

/ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtɪd/ (bre, ipa) · [ˌʌnɪnhˈæbətɪd] /ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtɪd/ (ame, ipa) · [ˌʌnɪnhˈæbətɪd] /ˌən-in-ˈha-bə-təd How to pronounce uninhabited (audio)/ (ame, mw)

uninhabited — adjective

  • uninhabitedpositive
  • more uninhabitedcomparative
  • most uninhabitedsuperlative

1. describes any place, area, or building where nobody lives — there are no residen

1.形容詞B2
釋義

describes any place, area, or building where nobody lives — there are no residents, no houses, and often no trace of everyday human activity.

例句

Hiro and his team explored an uninhabited island in the Pacific.

collocation: uninhabited + island

The old stone house on the hill has stood uninhabited for nearly fifty years.

predicative: stood + uninhabited

同義詞
  • deserted

    emphasises that people have left a place that was once occupied

  • vacant

    common for individual buildings or rooms, less common for large areas

  • unpopulated

    more neutral; suggests the place never had people, not that they left

反義詞

文法句型

uninhabited + noun

be/become/remain + uninhabited

用法筆記

Uninhabited can describe a place that was once lived in (the old house) or never lived in (the desert). Do not confuse with uninhabitable, which means the place is not suitable for living in at all.

常見錯誤

❌The old mansion was uninhabitable for years' (when meaning no one lived there).
✅The old mansion was uninhabited for years.
💡'uninhabitable' means the building is too damaged or dangerous to live in, not just empty.