Examples of unoccupied in a Sentence
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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The bunk where Murphy overdosed remained unoccupied, the subject of vague stories about a deckhand’s death.
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C.j. Chivers James Patrick Cronin Elena Hecht Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Some have even made headlines in recent years for selling unoccupied homes to foreign buyers for as little as $1 in the hopes of garnering more interest and investment in these areas.
—Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 4 June 2024
An unoccupied private home in Rodanthe, North Carolina, just south of the Rodanthe Pier, collapsed into the ocean on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.
—CBS News, 29 May 2024
Vacant homes are a widespread problem in Baltimore where more than 13,000 sit unoccupied.
—Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2024
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C.j. Chivers James Patrick Cronin Elena Hecht Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Some have even made headlines in recent years for selling unoccupied homes to foreign buyers for as little as $1 in the hopes of garnering more interest and investment in these areas.
—Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 4 June 2024
An unoccupied private home in Rodanthe, North Carolina, just south of the Rodanthe Pier, collapsed into the ocean on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.
—CBS News, 29 May 2024
Vacant homes are a widespread problem in Baltimore where more than 13,000 sit unoccupied.
—Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2024
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“Unoccupied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unoccupied. Accessed 11 Jun. 2024.
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unoccupied
adjective
un·oc·cu·pied
ˌən-ˈäk-yə-ˌpīd 
ˈən-
1
: not busy : unemployed
2
: not occupied : empty
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