tenant
noun
a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
untenanted
-
a word derived from
tenant.
Example Sentences
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As she said of her subjects, “I go so out of myself and into them that, after they leave, I sometimes feel horrible. I feel like an untenanted house.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2021
We need to rediscover what we treasured in those regular 48 hours of untenanted time.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2020
The parks have now been covered with more terraced housing, all meant to be let out, but half of which stands untenanted.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2012
It led to a home-building binge that now, as Ireland enters another year of contraction, has left empty houses clustered in untenanted “ghost estates.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2010
Rogers' room, as Philip Lombard had already ascertained, was untenanted.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
