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 Jeep’s driver, however, fled and the Jeep was found unoccupied in a Kansas City, Kansas, parking garage.
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Kansas City Star, 10 Nov. 2025
During a recent visit to the Jesus the Good Shepherd Migrant Shelter on the outskirts of Tapachula, most of the dorm rooms were unoccupied.
—Daniel Gonzalez, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Sixteen of the 27 homes have collapsed since September, all of them unoccupied at the time.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
He was charged with burglary with assault, burglary of an unoccupied conveyance, and criminal mischief after a dispute with a moving truck driver.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
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Kansas City Star, 10 Nov. 2025
During a recent visit to the Jesus the Good Shepherd Migrant Shelter on the outskirts of Tapachula, most of the dorm rooms were unoccupied.
—Daniel Gonzalez, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Sixteen of the 27 homes have collapsed since September, all of them unoccupied at the time.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
He was charged with burglary with assault, burglary of an unoccupied conveyance, and criminal mischief after a dispute with a moving truck driver.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Unoccupied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unoccupied. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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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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