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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 Balmer, Edwin

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 Moore, Ward

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 Gaylord, Glance