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forsaken by owner or inhabitants
"weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"
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having lost inhabitants as by war or disease
"the 15th century plagues left vast areas of Europe depopulated"
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not leased to or occupied by a tenant
"an unoccupied apartment"; "very little unclaimed and untenanted land"
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with no people living there
"vast unpopulated plains"
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devoid of creatures
"a lonely crossroads"; "a solitary retreat"; "a trail leading to an unfrequented lake"
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not yet settled
"unsettled territory"