unoccupied

Definition of unoccupiednext

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Recent Examples of unoccupied If the flight is not full, the middle seat might remain unoccupied, giving both travelers extra room to stretch out. Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 25 June 2026 There is growing interest today in the largely unoccupied FR3 band, which spans roughly 7 to 24 gigahertz, situated between crowded low/mid-bands and the much higher millimeter-wave frequencies. Shivendra Panwar, IEEE Spectrum, 24 June 2026 Police then tried to make a felony stop, but the vehicle was unoccupied at that point. Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 June 2026 Residences in the Metropolitan, a 10-story tower built in 1913, are nearly filled with tenants but its ground floor retail spaces on Broadway and 5th Street are unoccupied, as are other street-level stores in downtown’s Historic Core. Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for unoccupied
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unoccupied
Adjective
  • Because of rising costs, only one phase was ever completed, and the land next door that was supposed to be Phase Three continues to sit vacant.
    John Ramos, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • Homeless encampments that serve as places for drug addicts to shoot up line several vacant and overgrown lots.
    Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
Adjective
  • As with most malls in the United States, its final years were marked by just a tiny trickle of shoppers who had to pass empty storefronts to reach the few remaining open businesses.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
  • The 80,000-capacity New York New Jersey stadium was packed with few empty seats in the sea of red and white and blue at the final matchup of Spain versus Argentina.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 19 July 2026
Adjective
  • Either way, with only 12-13 full moons per year, there may now be fewer than 52 more uninhabited full moons left to see.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • About 200 people were on the uninhabited beach island celebrating the holiday that day, Crump said.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026

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“Unoccupied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unoccupied. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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