unfilled

adjective

Definition of unfillednext
as in available

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Recent Examples of unfilled In Hideaway Hills, six years after emergency crews knocked on doors and ordered families to pack up and leave, the original sinkhole remains unfilled. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 With the throne disengaged from governance, petitions and reports from officials piled up unread, crucial state posts went unfilled, and the imperial bureaucracy splintered amid poisonous factional infighting. — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026 And for an offense that managed just one extra-base hit in the series, coming in the final inning, that leaves behind an unfilled filling for an offensive unit that produced so many scoring opportunities in the regular season. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026 Two-thirds of schools in the department have unfilled teacher positions, according to a union survey. — Reuters, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unfilled
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfilled
  1. available
  2. unoccupied
  3. unfurnished
  4. hollow
  5. unattended
  6. uninhabited
Adjective
  • The House Republican Organization, the GOP caucus’ main campaign arm, had only about $239,400 available through the same period.
    — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
  • For families Some room types offer additional space with pull-out sofas or room for a pack and play (available upon request).
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of available
Adjective
  • In each incident, a thief has entered an unoccupied, locked car parked on the street and stolen the car.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • To provide some perspective, billions of dollars are spent annually to operate and maintain outdated and largely unoccupied federal buildings.
    — Letters to the Editor, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of unoccupied
Adjective
  • Though pictured largely unfurnished, the area looks well-proportioned, with room for a sofa and a coffee table, plus an entertainment center, even if those trademark sloping walls might make installing some furniture a little awkward.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The unfurnished apartment building is tailored toward graduate students and, during the current school year, cost either $545 or $720 in monthly rent for a studio and one bedroom respectively, according to Marquette University webpages.
    — David Clarey, jsonline.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of unfurnished
Adjective
  • Andrew’s head snapped forward, his eye blurred in a burst of flesh and bone, the hollow filling with blood as a bullet tore through his head.
    — Ron Farina, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The center holds, but only because the whole structure is hollow, carries no weight.
    — Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of hollow
Adjective
  • Cantrell has a history of unattended or undisclosed pregnancy and childbirth and was close to delivering, according to the relative’s account, described in a police record.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026
  • That decade’s fully automatic machines could be left unattended to rinse, spin, and drain.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of unattended
Adjective
  • The first of these territories to be claimed were uninhabited islands, such as Howland Island in the southwestern Pacific and Navassa Island in the Caribbean, under the auspices of the Guano Islands Act of 1856.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers from the Archaeological Legacy Institute and Purdue University embarked this month on the Taraia Object expedition in Nikumaroro, an uninhabited coral atoll in the Phoenix Islands belonging to the Republic of Kiribati.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of uninhabited

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“Unfilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfilled. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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