Uninhabited, barren (8)
I believe the answer is:
desolate
This clue is a double definition.
'uninhabited' is the first definition.
(similar in meaning)
'barren' is the second definition.
(I know that barren can be written as desolate)
(Other definitions for desolate that I've seen before include "Dispirited and lonely, being so elated" , "Bereft" , "Barren" , "Forlorn and abandoned" , "Crushed by grief" .)