Examples of unoccupied in a Sentence
About half of the seats were unoccupied when the concert started.
A third of the beds at the hospital were unoccupied.
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At least nine unoccupied homes have collapsed into the Atlantic since September 30 due to intense wave action and erosion from recent storms.
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Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Eight unoccupied houses were claimed by roaring Atlantic surf this week on the Outer Banks — a 200-mile ribbon of barrier islands on the North Carolina coast — as Hurricane Humberto and Hurricane Imelda passed offshore.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
An unoccupied vehicle damaged by gunshots was found and no one was on the scene.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
And that’s while thousands of rental units sit unoccupied within Nashville’s inner highway loop, following a development boom that some development firms predict will lead to rent increases by 2027.
—Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
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Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Eight unoccupied houses were claimed by roaring Atlantic surf this week on the Outer Banks — a 200-mile ribbon of barrier islands on the North Carolina coast — as Hurricane Humberto and Hurricane Imelda passed offshore.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
An unoccupied vehicle damaged by gunshots was found and no one was on the scene.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
And that’s while thousands of rental units sit unoccupied within Nashville’s inner highway loop, following a development boom that some development firms predict will lead to rent increases by 2027.
—Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Unoccupied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unoccupied. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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unoccupied
adjective
un·oc·cu·pied
ˌən-ˈäk-yə-ˌpīd 
ˈən-
1
: not busy : unemployed
2
: not occupied : empty
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