untenanted

1 8.1

Not rented or lived in and empty

adjective
/ʌnˈtɛn.tɪd/

: vacante

The old factory has been untenanted for years, making it a perfect spot for urban explorers.

Examples

Below them, the mountains shone jagged and white, clean and untenanted.

Fiction book (1999)
They drove past an untenanted house, its windows boarded up and garden overgrown.
And why have they stood so long untenanted?

Fiction book (2001)
They found an untenanted spot.

Fiction book (1990)
But there were also more untenanted offices and empty P296.

Fiction book (1996)
Leases near the Plaza were at a premium, yet the shop had gone untenanted since either of them could remember.

Fiction book (1998)
The Neal house looked untenanted despite the light shining through drawn drapes.

Fiction book (1994)
A pregnant tension held them at bay, their verdict undermined in the dismal surroundings of this untenanted warehouse.

Fiction book (1991)
After the last tenant left, the apartment remained untenanted for several months while the landlord looked for a new renter.

Synonyms

vacant

vsuntenanted

104 2.6

Not occupied by anyone, for example a seat or job

is specific to property and to lacking a rental occupant rather than any vacancy

unoccupied

vsuntenanted

7 3.4

Empty and not used by anyone

is narrower, focusing on lack of a rental arrangement rather than general use

tenantless

vsuntenanted

1 6.1

No one rents or lives in it

is the technical term for the same condition of having no renter

unrented

vsuntenanted

3.7

A space that has no paying tenant

is broader, naming the same empty rental state in general terms

untaken

vsuntenanted

4.8

Not claimed or used by anyone

is specific to property being without a rental occupant rather than being simply available

unhaunted

vsuntenanted

6.6

Not lived in or visited by people

is about absence of a renter or lease rather than being merely deserted

Antonyms

occupied

2.8

A place like a house or flat where people live

Compounds

untenanted property

6.7

A building that has no renters living there

How Occupied

occupied

2.8

tenanted

5.5

untenanted

1 8.1

unoccupied

7 3.4

derelict

14 7.5

Surface Forms

untenanted positive

Morphology

untenanted = tenanted (transparent) = un + tenant + ed

The negative prefix 'un-' is applied to 'tenanted' (occupied by tenants), yielding a clear meaning 'not occupied by tenants'.

Etymology

Untenanted breaks into un- meaning 'not' and tenant, a person who 'holds' or lives in a house. Because tenant comes from a root meaning 'to hold', untenanted literally means 'not held', so it describes a place that is empty or vacant.