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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Officers searched the area for Ebert and his 2001 Buick, which was found unoccupied with front-end damage in the 15000 block of Old Columbia Pike in Burtonsville.
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Adam Thompson, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
The car was later found unoccupied nearby with front-end damage.
—Hanna Park, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
Energized powerlines fell on a minivan, which was parked and unoccupied, and started it on fire on Concordia Avenue near Western Avenue.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2026
The truck, which displayed Georgia license plates, appeared unoccupied Sunday night.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
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Adam Thompson, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
The car was later found unoccupied nearby with front-end damage.
—Hanna Park, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
Energized powerlines fell on a minivan, which was parked and unoccupied, and started it on fire on Concordia Avenue near Western Avenue.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2026
The truck, which displayed Georgia license plates, appeared unoccupied Sunday night.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
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“Unoccupied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unoccupied. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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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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