Untenanted

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not leased to or occupied by a tenant; unoccupied. also, figuratively, not-comparable

    "As we have seen some quadrupedes formed to crop the surface of the fields, and others to live upon the tops of trees, so the Mole is formed to live wholly under the earth, as if Nature meant that no place should be left wholly untenanted."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not leased to or occupied by a tenant wordnet

Synonyms

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uninhabitedabandonedavailablebeinglessdesertdeserted

Example

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"As we have seen some quadrupedes formed to crop the surface of the fields, and others to live upon the tops of trees, so the Mole is formed to live wholly under the earth, as if Nature meant that no place should be left wholly untenanted."

Etymology

From un- + tenanted.

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