unoccupied
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3.6
- adjective
- /ʌnˈɑkjʊˌpaɪd/
- Trash and detritus all around, clogging the arteries of the building, which is old, unoccupied, and forsaken.
- unoccupied zone
- unoccupied land
- unoccupied territory
Examples
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Ten percent of the city's land is unoccupied, and about 14,000 abandoned buildings.
Academic text (2002) -
On the other side is the unoccupied zone.
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That this was the unoccupied zone.
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It's at the old airport on the other side of the unoccupied zone.
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I want safe passage for me and Charlie all the way through the unoccupied zone.
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But when the Ming came to power, there was still land, unoccupied land available.
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Dad and I stayed on in an unoccupied France, Lyon mostly.
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After the Germans invaded the unoccupied zone in late 1942, Marc Bloch joined the underground.
Academic text (1998) -
Newcomers flocked to this promising unoccupied territory, migrants in a land rush who brought new ideas and building techniques to the Sinagua.
Academic text (2004) -
The house remained unoccupied for several months after the previous owners moved out.
Synonyms
292
2.8
Left empty and not used, often by people who lived there
116
3.0
A place that people no longer live in or use
110
2.6
Not occupied by anyone, for example a seat or job
23
4.0
A place with no people living there
4
4.8
No people live there
3
7.1
Not controlled and showing no restraint
1
4.8
Not belonging to anyone
1
8.0
A place that has no people living there
1
6.1
No one rents or lives in it
1
8.1
Not rented or lived in and empty
1
4.8
Not claimed or used by anyone
1
8.3
Free from ownership, control or influence
1
6.3
Not controlled or settled by people from another country
A building that has no renters living there
Antonyms
How Occupied
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unoccupied is formed from un- meaning 'not' and occupy, which meant 'to take or hold', like when an army occupies land. So unoccupied means 'not taken' or not controlled by any group.