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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Waymo vehicles have encountered issues in South Florida several times this year, according to reporting by NBC — most recently, video appeared to show a Waymo lingering outside a condo community, and the Miami Sheriff's Office said the unoccupied autonomous vehicle hit a guard gate barrier arm.
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Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Multiple aircraft, cutters and small boats searched 1,047 square miles over 24 hours, finding debris near the location where the EPIRB was activated, along with the captain’s body and an unoccupied life raft that had been deployed.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
The shed where Noel and his family lived is now unoccupied and just serves as a shed, Duffins said.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
Fees would have increased annually if the home stayed unoccupied.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
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Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Multiple aircraft, cutters and small boats searched 1,047 square miles over 24 hours, finding debris near the location where the EPIRB was activated, along with the captain’s body and an unoccupied life raft that had been deployed.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
The shed where Noel and his family lived is now unoccupied and just serves as a shed, Duffins said.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
Fees would have increased annually if the home stayed unoccupied.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
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“Unoccupied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unoccupied. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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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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