as in vacant
not being used, filled up, or lived in
an unoccupied house 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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Recent Examples of unoccupied
The vehicle was reported stolen in Oakland and was found unoccupied on Monday.
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Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
That means a wave of new facilities drawing electricity in previously unoccupied land or revitalized vacant facilities.
—Justin Worland, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
Much of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, including their regional capitals, remain unoccupied.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2025
According to fire officials, the house was unoccupied at the time and all occupants were accounted for.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2025
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Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
That means a wave of new facilities drawing electricity in previously unoccupied land or revitalized vacant facilities.
—Justin Worland, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
Much of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, including their regional capitals, remain unoccupied.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2025
According to fire officials, the house was unoccupied at the time and all occupants were accounted for.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unoccupied
Adjective
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In her next fight, Shevchenko faced ex-women’s strawweight champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk for the vacant flyweight title.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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And several blocks of tunnel below Chinatown, dug half a century ago for the Second Avenue subway, remain a vacant, unseen taunt.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Streets that typically buzzed with life were empty.—
Christina Ray Stanton,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2025
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Related article Trump was warned of empty shelves and financial turmoil from tariffs and firing Powell.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
25 Apr. 2025
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President Trump, as part of his expansive package of new tariffs, levied taxes on a number of uninhabited or sparsely populated islands that have little-to-no exports.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
3 Apr. 2025
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According to a tariffs list shared by the White House on X, the uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands — an external territory of Australia — are not exempt from the 10% tariff on goods.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Unoccupied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unoccupied. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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