Wondering how to use Unoccupied in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as free or occupied.
Unoccupied in a sentence
Unoccupied meaning
- Not inhabited, especially by a tenant
- Not being used; vacant or free
- Not employed on a task; idle
Synonyms of Unoccupied
Using Unoccupied
- The main meaning on this page is: Not inhabited, especially by a tenant | Not being used; vacant or free | Not employed on a task; idle
- Useful related words include: free, occupied, spare, relinquished.
- In the example corpus, unoccupied often appears in combinations such as: an unoccupied, was unoccupied, the unoccupied.
Context around Unoccupied
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 11 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Unoccupied
- In this selection, "unoccupied" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 341, remote, zone, dwellings and house stand out and add context to how "unoccupied" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a remote unoccupied farmhouse at and and 341 unoccupied in both. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "unoccupied" sits close to words such as architectures, atv and bader, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with unoccupied
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Do not leave lights on in unoccupied rooms. (8 words)
The premises have been unoccupied since it closed. (8 words)
The tunnels, which have been unoccupied for years, were taken over by BT in the 1980s. (16 words)
The famous Jenners sign is pictured on the front of the Daily Star of Scotland, but the street below it is filled with Scottish Fire and Rescue staff as they battled to save the iconic building which has been unoccupied for some time. (43 words)
Chipinge Town Council has given a 30-day ultimatum to owners of unverified and unoccupied stands in Usanga suburb to engage the authority for verification or have the stands repossessed. (30 words)
By late afternoon, police had converged outside a home in Bowdoin that was owned by Card’s brother and sister-in-law but that a neighbor said was unoccupied. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
After the defeat of France by Germany in June 1940, France was divided into an occupied zone and unoccupied zone, with Provence in the unoccupied zone.
According to Census 2021, the local authority with the highest share of unoccupied dwellings on survey day was the very same with the highest rate of rough sleepers.
After establishing the property was unoccupied, the reporter observed the agents work with a locksmith to force their way in and install a prepayment meter.
After the floods, the wonderful folk of the One Roof Byron team identified an unoccupied, but apparently structurally sound.
Authorities said the neighbor, a 77-year-old man, shot Smith as he was leaving the unoccupied house.
By late afternoon, police had converged outside a home in Bowdoin that was owned by Card’s brother and sister-in-law but that a neighbor said was unoccupied.
Chipinge Town Council has given a 30-day ultimatum to owners of unverified and unoccupied stands in Usanga suburb to engage the authority for verification or have the stands repossessed.
Do not leave lights on in unoccupied rooms.
In Marshall Township, there are 419 approved units, with 78 occupied and 341 unoccupied in both the Kingfisher Estates and Randall Plan developments.
It is intriguing, in our opinion that in the midst of the housing shortage, there are estates, particularly in Abuja, lying fallow and unoccupied.
I would now expect accelerating apartment price deflation to spur millions of unoccupied units to the market, raising the specter of panic selling.
Overall, it seems we had an average number of nuisance calls but have had more house/cabin break-ins to unoccupied structures than in the past.
Police began a massive hunt for the robbers, whose hideout, a remote unoccupied farmhouse at Leatherslade Farm, near Oakley, was found five days later.
Reduce the period of time a property can be unoccupied and unfurnished before being subject to a 100 per cent council tax premium, from two years to one year.
Reports are that during the search of the premises, Police entered a room which was securely locked but unoccupied.
The Eagan Police Department says officers were dispatched to the report of an unoccupied vehicle with an open door shortly before 1:30 Monday morning.
The famous Jenners sign is pictured on the front of the Daily Star of Scotland, but the street below it is filled with Scottish Fire and Rescue staff as they battled to save the iconic building which has been unoccupied for some time.
The premises have been unoccupied since it closed.
The state patrol said an unoccupied heavy wrecker truck was parked on the shoulder of the southbound lane.
The tunnels, which have been unoccupied for years, were taken over by BT in the 1980s.
Common combinations with unoccupied
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an unoccupied 35×
- was unoccupied 15×
- the unoccupied 13×
- unoccupied and 10×
- and unoccupied 9×
- of unoccupied 8×
- unoccupied for 7×
- unoccupied but 5×
- unoccupied in 5×
- been unoccupied 5×