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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The development team framed the deal as a way for the city to create more low-income housing, dump the financial burden of the unoccupied property and secure a money-making property at the end of the lease.
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Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2025
When police arrived, the vehicle was unoccupied, but police round the victim and another passenger walking about a block away.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2025
The lawsuit, filed by Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity in the Southern District of Florida, aims to pause construction at the federal site, which is being built at the reportedly unoccupied Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 29 June 2025
In May, Zoox conducted two more recalls—first after an incident in which one of its robotaxis collided with a passenger vehicle in Las Vegas, and later another where a person on a scooter ran into one of its unoccupied taxis.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 18 June 2025
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Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2025
When police arrived, the vehicle was unoccupied, but police round the victim and another passenger walking about a block away.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2025
The lawsuit, filed by Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity in the Southern District of Florida, aims to pause construction at the federal site, which is being built at the reportedly unoccupied Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 29 June 2025
In May, Zoox conducted two more recalls—first after an incident in which one of its robotaxis collided with a passenger vehicle in Las Vegas, and later another where a person on a scooter ran into one of its unoccupied taxis.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 18 June 2025
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“Unoccupied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unoccupied. Accessed 4 Jul. 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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