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unoccupied

[ uhn-ok-yuh-pahyd ]
/ ʌnˈɒk yəˌpaɪd /
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adjective
without occupants; empty; vacant.
not held or controlled by invading forces: unoccupied nations.
not busy or active; idle; not gainfully employed: an unoccupied person.
without inhabitants; deserted.
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Origin of unoccupied

1350–1400; Middle English; see un-1, occupy, -ed2
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British Dictionary definitions for unoccupied

unoccupied
/ (ʌnˈɒkjʊˌpaɪd) /

adjective
(of a building) without occupants
unemployed or idle
(of an area or country) not overrun by foreign troops
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