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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See how one unoccupied house was swept into the ocean this week.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN, 25 Sep. 2024
Reports state that the home, belonging to 40-year-old producer John Powers Middleton, has been unoccupied for years, attracting squatters and creating safety concerns for the neighborhood.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
The office was unoccupied at the time, police said.
—Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2024
The incident happened in an unoccupied restricted area on August 8.
—Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 15 Aug. 2024
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Alexandra Banner, CNN, 25 Sep. 2024
Reports state that the home, belonging to 40-year-old producer John Powers Middleton, has been unoccupied for years, attracting squatters and creating safety concerns for the neighborhood.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
The office was unoccupied at the time, police said.
—Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2024
The incident happened in an unoccupied restricted area on August 8.
—Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 15 Aug. 2024
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“Unoccupied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unoccupied. Accessed 7 Oct. 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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