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
One update followed an April crash involving an unoccupied robotaxi and a passenger vehicle in Las Vegas.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2025
The area consists primarily of farmland with few homes, so the unoccupied car stuck out to the deputy.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
For unoccupied properties, the responsibility falls on the owner or agent.
—Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Dec. 2025
Bennett noticed some of the homes in Harambee were not being maintained and some were unoccupied.
—Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 16 Dec. 2025
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Officials believe the fire started in the occupied home and spread to the vacant home next door.—
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No public update on the project has been released since 2023, and the land remains vacant.—
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That set up a dramatic final four minutes until Josh Doan scored a nearly 169-foot empty-netter to give the Sabres the breathing room for a 5-3 win.—
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All of Bed Bath & Beyond’s complaints have contended that the carriers compounded the retailer’s operational and financial distress throughout the pandemic as shelves went empty and costs soared, ultimately leading to the company’s demise.—
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East Caicos, one of the largest uninhabited islands in the Caribbean, felt untouched.—
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What To Know The Japanese government purchased Mageshima, an uninhabited islet in Kagoshima prefecture, for $146 million in 2019.—
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“Unoccupied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unoccupied. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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