Examples of unoccupied in a Sentence
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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At night, the entranceway filled with homeless people who came inside to sleep; addicts smoked fentanyl in unoccupied apartments.
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Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
The buggy, which was pulling an unoccupied buggy, was struck from behind by an eastbound 2018 International tractor-trailer, the sheriff's office said.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
In this case, officers conducting a foot patrol of the lot when observed open alcohol and a firearm in plain view inside an unoccupied vehicle, Munch said.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
Now there is an opportunity for new owners to invest fresh money into perfectly fine, but relatively unoccupied office buildings, and reimagine them.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
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Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
The buggy, which was pulling an unoccupied buggy, was struck from behind by an eastbound 2018 International tractor-trailer, the sheriff's office said.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
In this case, officers conducting a foot patrol of the lot when observed open alcohol and a firearm in plain view inside an unoccupied vehicle, Munch said.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
Now there is an opportunity for new owners to invest fresh money into perfectly fine, but relatively unoccupied office buildings, and reimagine them.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Unoccupied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unoccupied. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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unoccupied
adjective
un·oc·cu·pied
ˌən-ˈäk-yə-ˌpīd 
ˈən-
1
: not busy : unemployed
2
: not occupied : empty
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