unoccupied

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US /əˈnɑːkjəˌpaɪd/
adj Freq #35497

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    not leased to or occupied by a tenant

    an unoccupied apartment

  2. 2
    adj

    not held or filled or in use

    an unoccupied telephone booth

  3. 3
    adj

    not seized and controlled

    unoccupied areas of France

  4. 4
    adj

    Not inhabited, especially by a tenant

    Construction of the world’s tallest unoccupied skyscraper may resume as early as next week, almost 10 years after work ground to a halt, according to Chinese state media.

  5. 5
    adj

    Not being used; vacant or free

  6. 6
    adj

    Not employed on a task; idle

  7. 7
    adj

    Not occupied by foreign troops etc

Etymology

From Middle English unoccupied; equivalent to un- + occupied.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · not leased to or occupied... untenanted
4 adj · not inhabited, especially... beinglessdesertdeserteddesolatedisinhabitedinhabitantlessinhabitedlifelesspeoplelesssolitarytenantlessunhabited
5 adj · not being used; vacant or free availableusable
6 adj · not employed on a task; idle abeyantat restcessantdormantdullfallowidleinactiveinertlanguidlatentnonactive
7 adj · not occupied by foreign... free

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