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.
Recent Examples on the Web
In 1940, in the wake of the German invasions of Belgium and France, the family joined the millions fleeing to the South of France, which remained unoccupied for the time being, settling in the small seaside town of Sète.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2024
The deficit is expected to increase as the volume of unoccupied space grows.
—Anna Spiegel, Axios, 18 July 2024
It was left unoccupied for years after Barbie left the building in 2011 after only two years.
—Denni Hu, WWD, 16 Aug. 2024
About three days after the shooting, Indianapolis police found an unoccupied gray Nissan pocked with a bullet mark parked on Marian University's campus.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Aug. 2024
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2024
The deficit is expected to increase as the volume of unoccupied space grows.
—Anna Spiegel, Axios, 18 July 2024
It was left unoccupied for years after Barbie left the building in 2011 after only two years.
—Denni Hu, WWD, 16 Aug. 2024
About three days after the shooting, Indianapolis police found an unoccupied gray Nissan pocked with a bullet mark parked on Marian University's campus.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Aug. 2024
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“Unoccupied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unoccupied. Accessed 13 Sep. 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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