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
There, deputies found an unoccupied vehicle that had gone off the road and hit a tree.
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Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Officers found a 2-inch piece of shrapnel on the hood of an unoccupied patrol vehicle, which was dented.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
One unoccupied patrol vehicle was hit by shrapnel.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
At least nine unoccupied homes have collapsed into the Atlantic since September 30 due to intense wave action and erosion from recent storms.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
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Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Officers found a 2-inch piece of shrapnel on the hood of an unoccupied patrol vehicle, which was dented.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
One unoccupied patrol vehicle was hit by shrapnel.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
At least nine unoccupied homes have collapsed into the Atlantic since September 30 due to intense wave action and erosion from recent storms.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unoccupied
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Greenwood Republican Stacie Smith is seeking election to the vacant Senate District 26 seat formerly held by the late Gary Stubblefield, R-Branch, Smith announced on Thursday.—
Ella McCarthy,
Arkansas Online,
31 Oct. 2025
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City Council members approved last month cutting five employees, eliminating 15 vacant positions and other maneuvers to close a $3 million budget deficit.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Demi would love it if Tim didn’t leave quite so many empty zero-sugar soda cans around the home.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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By virtue of their relative scarcity—there have been eight empty-the-tank outings since the century began—every Game 7 is an unqualified treat, but the Dodgers’ clinch was one for the ages.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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A little over a century later, reaching the world’s only uninhabited continent is a decidedly more glamorous affair.—
Brad Japhe,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Oct. 2025
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In 1699, the French frigate Maurepas sinks off the coast of an uninhabited part of Panama, taking with it a load full of gold, silver and jewels gifted from Charles II of Spain to King Louis XIV of France.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Robb Report,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Unoccupied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unoccupied. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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