as in vacant
not being used, filled up, or lived in
an unoccupied house About half of the seats were unoccupied when the concert started. A third of the beds at the hospital were unoccupied.
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Recent Examples of unoccupied
The vehicle was reported stolen in Oakland and was found unoccupied on Monday.
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Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
That means a wave of new facilities drawing electricity in previously unoccupied land or revitalized vacant facilities.
—Justin Worland, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
Much of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, including their regional capitals, remain unoccupied.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2025
According to fire officials, the house was unoccupied at the time and all occupants were accounted for.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2025
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Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
That means a wave of new facilities drawing electricity in previously unoccupied land or revitalized vacant facilities.
—Justin Worland, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
Much of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, including their regional capitals, remain unoccupied.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2025
According to fire officials, the house was unoccupied at the time and all occupants were accounted for.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unoccupied
Adjective
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In the 13th century, the papacy was vacant for almost three years before the election of Gregory X, who tightened up conclave rules.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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The lot had been vacant since the early 1900s when this house was completed in 2018.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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Streets that typically buzzed with life were empty.—
Christina Ray Stanton,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2025
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Related article Trump was warned of empty shelves and financial turmoil from tariffs and firing Powell.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
25 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article Each spring on Falkner Island, which sits about three miles off the coast of Guilford, hundreds of roseate terns flock to the uninhabited five-acre island to breed and nest during the warm summer months before heading south again to migrate.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2025
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Read More: 10 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes The Evolution of Venom For this study, researchers camped along the beaches of 11 uninhabited islands in the Gulf of California.—
Stephanie Edwards,
Discover Magazine,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Unoccupied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unoccupied. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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