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
Under state statute, even unoccupied high-rise buildings must have functional utilities to maintain both fire suppression and fire alarm systems for the protection of first responders and neighboring properties, according to the mayor’s office.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 2 Apr. 2025
The teens broke into an unoccupied train at the 36th St. and Fourth Ave.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
Their boat was discovered unoccupied near the lake's dam later that afternoon.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 10 Mar. 2025
The farmhouse, unoccupied for some years according to Noah, stood in early-spring drabness, its white paint peeling, its dark windows staring blankly.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 2 Apr. 2025
The teens broke into an unoccupied train at the 36th St. and Fourth Ave.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
Their boat was discovered unoccupied near the lake's dam later that afternoon.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 10 Mar. 2025
The farmhouse, unoccupied for some years according to Noah, stood in early-spring drabness, its white paint peeling, its dark windows staring blankly.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unoccupied
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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 3 May. 2025.
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