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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But the mayor said the schools, which had served as federal military bases during the civil war, were unoccupied as the academic year had not yet begun.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
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
A small pink wicker chair sits at the center of the creation, unoccupied and windswept.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
That means the Goldin Finance 117 may soon ditch its status as "tallest unoccupied building", as declared by Guinness World Records in 2015.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
It’s crowded, and I have to look brutish in order to keep the other chair at my table unoccupied.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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