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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Rodríguez said the cobwebs and ants inside the approximately 6 by 9 feet cell gave the sense that the place had long been unoccupied.
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Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2025
Pieces of the unoccupied home were later seen floating in the river.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
Arriving officers located evidence of gunfire at the scene with damage to an unoccupied vehicle, Vafiades said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2025
Police said the store and two unoccupied vehicles were also hit by bullets, but no one else was injured.
—Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
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Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2025
Pieces of the unoccupied home were later seen floating in the river.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
Arriving officers located evidence of gunfire at the scene with damage to an unoccupied vehicle, Vafiades said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2025
Police said the store and two unoccupied vehicles were also hit by bullets, but no one else was injured.
—Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Unoccupied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unoccupied. Accessed 13 Mar. 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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