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 region’s recent drought years sent animals in search of productive but unoccupied habitats at least temporarily.
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While one building was unoccupied, eight families reportedly lived in the other.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
Williams was charged after police found Anthone Williams' body in a vehicle of an unoccupied housing complex.
—Mike Darnay, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
In some rare cases, the most severely affected are unoccupied and owners have filed lawsuits against developers seeking hundreds of millions of dollars.
—Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
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Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 13 Dec. 2025
While one building was unoccupied, eight families reportedly lived in the other.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
Williams was charged after police found Anthone Williams' body in a vehicle of an unoccupied housing complex.
—Mike Darnay, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
In some rare cases, the most severely affected are unoccupied and owners have filed lawsuits against developers seeking hundreds of millions of dollars.
—Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Unoccupied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unoccupied. Accessed 18 Dec. 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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