unoccupied

adjective

un·​oc·​cu·​pied ˌən-ˈä-kyə-ˌpīd 

: not occupied: such as

a

: not busy : unemployed

b

: not lived in : empty

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

Police then tried to make a felony stop, but the vehicle was unoccupied at that point. — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 June 2026

Residences in the Metropolitan, a 10-story tower built in 1913, are nearly filled with tenants but its ground floor retail spaces on Broadway and 5th Street are unoccupied, as are other street-level stores in downtown’s Historic Core. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026

In a news release shared with PEOPLE by the Phoenix Police Department, Phoenix Park Rangers noticed an unoccupied vehicle in the parking lot at South Mountain Park on Friday, June 12. — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026

At the second smallest of the 16 venues, there appeared to be thousands of unoccupied seats. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 14 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unoccupied

• acetamide
• acetonide
• acidified
• antimonide
• beatified
• benzaldehyde
• borohydride
• chalcogenide
• commodified
• decalcified
• declassified
• disaccharide

Kids Definition

unoccupied

adjective

un·​oc·​cu·​pied ˌən-ˈäk-yə-ˌpīd 

ˈən-

1

: not busy : unemployed

2

: not occupied : empty