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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His pickup truck was discovered, unoccupied, on Monday near a campground west of Leavenworth, Washington.
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Jade Walker, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
First responders found that a white 2001 Acura 3.2 CL had struck an unoccupied passenger van in the parking lot.
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The brick structure at the family’s ancestral Althorp estate was unoccupied when it was allegedly burned down by vandals, according to Diana’s younger brother, Charles Spencer.
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Ten men are accused of removing a toilet from their cell in the Orleans Parish Correctional Facility, cutting a hole in the wall and running through an unoccupied corridor, eventually hopping the jail's fence to freedom.
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Jade Walker, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
First responders found that a white 2001 Acura 3.2 CL had struck an unoccupied passenger van in the parking lot.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2025
The brick structure at the family’s ancestral Althorp estate was unoccupied when it was allegedly burned down by vandals, according to Diana’s younger brother, Charles Spencer.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
Ten men are accused of removing a toilet from their cell in the Orleans Parish Correctional Facility, cutting a hole in the wall and running through an unoccupied corridor, eventually hopping the jail's fence to freedom.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2025
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“Unoccupied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unoccupied. Accessed 10 Jun. 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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