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
For a recent lake house project, Wilson dreamt up a unique take on the typical bunk bed setup by utilizing unoccupied attic space.
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Kelsey Mulvey, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2024
The collapse of the unoccupied house, which occurred Tuesday afternoon, comes after two other beachfront houses in Rodanthe collapsed within hours of one another on Friday.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
The unoccupied space-facing port on the International Space Station’s Harmony module is pictured several hours before the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft would relocate there after undocking from Harmony’s forward port.
—Vikram Barhat, CNBC, 30 Nov. 2024
The construction vehicle, which is often used in tree removal, was unoccupied and parked in the grass median.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Nov. 2024
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Kelsey Mulvey, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2024
The collapse of the unoccupied house, which occurred Tuesday afternoon, comes after two other beachfront houses in Rodanthe collapsed within hours of one another on Friday.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
The unoccupied space-facing port on the International Space Station’s Harmony module is pictured several hours before the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft would relocate there after undocking from Harmony’s forward port.
—Vikram Barhat, CNBC, 30 Nov. 2024
The construction vehicle, which is often used in tree removal, was unoccupied and parked in the grass median.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unoccupied
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The 34-year-old French competitor has only lost in UFC title fights, losing to Francis Ngannou by decision in 2022 for the undisputed title, and falling to Jon Jones via submission in 2023 for the vacant belt.Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
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Sprinkled between occupied homes are vacant ones where drapes that have gone untouched since the 1960s peek through dusty windows.Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
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Elsewhere, many parts of the capital were empty and shops were closed.ABDULRAHMAN SHAHEEN and ABBY SEWELL, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2024
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But Mara may not need any coaxing to make sweeping change if the stadium is empty on Sunday and the Giants get blown out by Bergen Catholic-product Darren Rizzi, Derek Carr and Alvin Kamara.Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
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The first trailer for Zane’s new film Waltzing with Brando, a biopic that follows Brando during the 1970s and shows glimpses of his time transforming an uninhabited island in Tahiti into his new home, premiered on Tuesday, Nov. 5.Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement Many eradication successes have come on small, uninhabited islands.ByElizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Unoccupied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unoccupied. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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