Definition of Peopleless

1. a. Destitute of people.

Definition of Peopleless

1. Adjective. (rare) Having no people; uninhabited ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Peopleless

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peopleless

people carriers
people mover
people movers
people of color
people of colour
people of size
people people
people person
people pleaser
people pleasers
people skills
peopled
peoplehood
peoplehoods
peopleless
peopler
peoplers
peoples
peopleware
peopling
peoplish
peorias
pep
pep pill
pep pills
pep rally
pep squad

Literary usage of Peopleless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1877)
"are melancholy, peopleless pictures, which seem to brood on the shabby pointlessness of man's earthly habitat; and also his chef d'oeuvre, the same scene, ..."

2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... a. unfrequented,- lifeless, desolate, desert (now rare), unsettled, peopleless (rare); spec, waste, abandoned. able. ..."

3. The Conquest of the Great Northwest: Being the Story of the Adventurers of by Agnes Christina Laut (1908)
"... of the mountain brooks, like the treble and bass of some great cathedral organ sounding its diapason to the glory of God in this peopleless wilderness. ..."

4. The Metropolitan (1831)
"Now a scene of rich comic character would be exhibited in the zeal of some member to preserve intact the interests of the innocent voters of peopleless ..."

5. A Short History of American Literature: Designed Primarily for Use in by Walter Cochrane Bronson (1919)
"Black draperies, likewise, in the gloomy room, shut out from our view the moon, the lurid stars, and the peopleless streets — but the boding and the memory ..."

6. The Western Messenger: Devoted to Religion, Life, and Literature by Western Unitarian Association (1836)
"... That battled the might of Time till then, Atom by atom were crushed-^ And desolate round in its orbit whirl'd The peopleless wreck of a worn out world. ..."

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