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Synonyms for tenantless

Grammar : Adj
Spell : ten-uh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛn ənt

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Définition of tenantless

Origin :
  • early 14c., "person who holds lands by title or by lease," from Anglo-French tenaunt (late 13c.), Old French tenant (12c.), noun use of present participle of tenir "to hold," from Latin tenere "hold, keep" (see tenet).
  • As in vacant : adj empty; unoccupied
  • As in void : adj empty
  • As in unoccupied : adj unlived in
Example sentences :
  • At that time there were no desks in front of these back benches, which were tenantless.
  • Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various
  • In a few minutes his house was tenantless, having been overwhelmed with shot.
  • Extract from : « The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido » by Henry Keppel
  • The Ship Island region was as woodsy and tenantless as ever.
  • Extract from : « Life On The Mississippi, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • This was the tragedy that had kept the old house for so many years tenantless.
  • Extract from : « The Daughters of Danaus » by Mona Caird
  • But the other rooms on her floor were dismantled and tenantless.
  • Extract from : « The Invader » by Margaret L. Woods
  • She hastened on into the library, and was relieved to find it tenantless.
  • Extract from : « Mildred at Roselands » by Martha Finley
  • Her farms are tenantless, her cities empty, the grass is growing in her streets.
  • Extract from : « The Cloud » by Sartell Prentice
  • Tenements are now tenantless that once were thronged with life.
  • Extract from : « Letters from Switzerland » by Samuel Irenus Prime
  • Slowly at length she returned to the tenantless house of her father.
  • Extract from : « Elson Grammar School Literature, Book Four. » by William H. Elson
  • Tenantless by the proprietor it had been for ten years, but it was no ruin.
  • Extract from : « Shirley » by Charlotte Bront

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