UNFILLED Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

unfilled

adjective

Definition of unfilled

as in available

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Recent Examples of unfilled But technicians to maintain machines, run quality control, and manage facilities are also in demand, to the tune of potentially tens of thousands of unfilled jobs by 2030. — Katherine Bourzac, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2026 Many of the strongest initial applications are the dull, dirty, and dangerous tasks that go unfilled, contribute to injuries, and pull people away from higher-value judgment and exception handling. — Navin Chaddha, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for unfilled

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Adjective

Now available for adoption, the pig has charmed shelter staff with her easygoing nature and appetite for carrots and cactus.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
The programming available on a recent visit was largely an indoor affair, with arts and crafts, board games, a big screen for movies, and some video games on hand, though exact offerings do change.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of available

Adjective

The victim crashed into an unoccupied vehicle and was found by officers near the 2400 block of Springs Road.

— Jose Fabian, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
Plant in the past has bid against, and beat, the Historic Royal Palaces charity in London, who alongside managing unoccupied royal palaces in the UK also conserve and display royal ceremonial dress.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of unoccupied

Adjective

There are lots of options available for the Antonia, which can change the price significantly, but an unfurnished model starts at €67,500 (for reference, this works out at roughly US$75,500), with notable upgrades including off-grid functionality.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Nov. 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

Royal Caribbean, for example, posts signs warning that unattended items will be held at the towel stand, according to Ashley Calderwood, a frequent cruiser who has sailed with her family for 10 years.

— Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2026
Terrence Wright and Lillian Munn were charged with child neglect without great bodily harm and leaving children unattended while in a motor vehicle.

— CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 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

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