Antonyms for unoccupied


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-ok-yuh-pahyd
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈɒk yəˌpaɪd


Definition of unoccupied

Origin :
  • late 14c., "idle," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of occupy. In reference to ground, etc., attested from early 15c.
  • adj unlived in
  • adj idle
  • adj not occupied
Example sentences :
  • She led a blameless, unoccupied, and apparently purposeless life.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • She spied an unoccupied seat, looked at her watch, and sat down.
  • Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
  • There is not an unoccupied chair or corner of a table to be found.
  • Extract from : « The Macdermots of Ballycloran » by Anthony Trollope
  • All that he had to do was to find an unoccupied table and settle down to work.
  • Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
  • He swept it about the room, to make sure that it was unoccupied.
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
  • The chair next to ours happened to be unoccupied at the moment and he took it.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • It's unoccupied now and the machines are idle until your search is over.
  • Extract from : « The Great Drought » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • It was not very easy to catch the Colonel in an unoccupied moment.
  • Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
  • The Territory had been left open and unoccupied for a long time.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Settlers » by Noah Brooks
  • The men, laughing noisily, crowded into what seats were unoccupied.
  • Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson

Synonyms for unoccupied

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