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 unoccupied vehicle had reportedly stopped at a red light when it was surrounded.
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Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
By now, the sell-out crowd has started to creep down the usually unoccupied cricket field side of the ground, ignoring the ‘do not pass this point’ signs in the quest to get a decent view.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Officers reportedly received calls about their deaths at around 2:17 p.m., and then another call about a home invasion and gunshots at an unoccupied residence 30 minutes later, which Lever was reportedly linked to, per WCTI.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
In Forestville, a mudslide carried an unoccupied residence into the Russian River, according to media reports.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
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Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
By now, the sell-out crowd has started to creep down the usually unoccupied cricket field side of the ground, ignoring the ‘do not pass this point’ signs in the quest to get a decent view.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Officers reportedly received calls about their deaths at around 2:17 p.m., and then another call about a home invasion and gunshots at an unoccupied residence 30 minutes later, which Lever was reportedly linked to, per WCTI.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
In Forestville, a mudslide carried an unoccupied residence into the Russian River, according to media reports.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unoccupied
Adjective
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Previous fires at the building, which has been vacant for several years, have been attributed to squatters.—
Harry Harris,
The Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2025
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Second in line, if the public advocate's office was vacant, would the city comptroller, a role held by Brad Lander, who has already launched a bid to challenge Adams in this year's Democratic mayoral primary.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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But a month after their deaths, the bedroom sat empty.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2025
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The body part was dumped onto an empty schoolyard in northern Dublin around 10:30 a.m. Friday, according to Irish outlet Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTE).—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2025
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Evidently the ghost town of Albemarle was not quite uninhabited.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
13 Feb. 2025
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And the current uncertainty over its future orbit extends to its possible impact locations, which include a mix of uninhabited, sparsely populated and densely populated areas: the eastern Pacific Ocean, northern South America, the Atlantic Ocean, parts of Africa, the Arabian Sea and South Asia.—
Robin George Andrews,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Unoccupied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unoccupied. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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