occupancy
noun
the act, state, or condition of being or becoming a tenant or of living in or taking up quarters or space in or on something.
unoccupancy
-
a word derived from
occupancy.
Example Sentences
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Alan went through the bedroom to the door of the boudoir, and saw that that too had the same look of unoccupancy and disuse.
From The Indian Drum by Edwin Balmer
The room was cold and chilly from its long unoccupancy; but through one of the high windows, and along the floor, streamed a broad bar of cheerful sunlight.
From Culm Rock The Story of a Year: What it Brought and What it Taught by Glance Gaylord
I walked with the chief dispatcher into the airport waitingroom, dull with the listless air, not of unoccupancy, but disuse.
From Greener Than You Think by Ward Moore
