UNOCCUPIED Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

unoccupied

adjective

Definition of unoccupied

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 Buck died in 2005, and the home has been unoccupied since 2007, subsequently opening for tours, which grew its reputation among the public. — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 Authorities found the pickup unoccupied and began searching surrounding rice fields with assistance from the California Highway Patrol and Yolo deputies. — Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026 Deputies found three bullet holes in a trash can and one through the windshield of an unoccupied Dodge Challenger, according to the report. — David Goodhue, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026 Neither the athlete-plaintiffs nor the NCAA has clarified how many roster spots are unoccupied in the 2026–27 season. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unoccupied

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Bass also attracted criticism over her handling of city spending — giving a series of raises to the workforce and then encountering a $1-billion shortfall, which led to the elimination of more than 1,500 vacant city jobs.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
One is to raise the rates at which wealthier homesteads, rentals, commercial properties and vacant land are taxed.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of vacant

Adjective

Crosby added a late empty-net goal, diving face-first on the ice to tip it home.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
Quinn Sullivan started the sequence with a cross in front of goal that Indiana Vassilev settled and pulled goalkeeper William Yarbrough out of his area to find Cavan Sullivan for a close-range finish into an empty net.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of empty

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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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unofficial

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