unoccupied
Americanadjective
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without occupants; empty; vacant.
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not held or controlled by invading forces.
unoccupied nations.
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not busy or active; idle; not gainfully employed.
an unoccupied person.
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without inhabitants; deserted.
adjective
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(of a building) without occupants
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unemployed or idle
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(of an area or country) not overrun by foreign troops
Etymology
Origin of unoccupied
1350–1400; Middle English; see un- 1, occupy ( def. ), -ed 2 ( def. )
Vocabulary lists containing unoccupied
Novel Study: The Hobbit, Chapters 1–5
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In very pure metals, these Landau levels can repeatedly pass through the Fermi level, the energy boundary between occupied and unoccupied electronic states.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
In other states, such as Colorado, the recipient needs to live in the home or have plans to return to it, if it’s unoccupied, if they want the property to remain exempt.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026
Videos posted to social media and verified by AFP on Monday showed the catastrophic collapse of a shopping centre in General Santos, and an unoccupied school building crumpling.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
Then say “open space,” and they’d probably look around for that sweet piece of unoccupied curb right in front of Trader Joe’s.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
“Yes, m-my Lord,” gasped a small man halfway down the table, who had been sitting so low in his chair that it had appeared, at first glance, to be unoccupied.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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