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unoccupied

adj · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not inhabited, especially by a tenant

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: untenanted, vacant, beingless, desert, deserted, desolate, disinhabited, inhabitantless, inhabited, lifeless, peopleless, solitary, tenantless, unhabited, uninhabited, unoccupied, unpeopled, unpopulated, wasteful

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not being used; vacant or free

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: available, usable

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Not employed on a task; idle

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dormant, unemployed, abeyant, at rest, cessant, dull, fallow, idle, inactive, inert, languid, latent, nonactive, passive, quiescent, silent, sedent, sedentary, slow, suspended, torpid, unactive, unbusy, unoccupied

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Not occupied by foreign troops etc

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: free

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

not held or filled or in use

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an unoccupied telephone booth
  • unoccupied hours

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: occupied

6

adjective

Meaning 6

not seized and controlled

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • unoccupied areas of France

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: occupied

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

not leased to or occupied by a tenant

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an unoccupied apartment
  • very little unclaimed and untenanted land

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: untenanted

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English unoccupied; equivalent to un- + occupied.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: незает (nezaet) — Not inhabited, especially by a tenant
  • Bulgarian: празен (prazen) — Not inhabited, especially by a tenant
  • Danish: ubeboet — Not inhabited, especially by a tenant
  • Esperanto: neokupata — Not inhabited, especially by a tenant
  • Finnish: tyhjä — Not inhabited, especially by a tenant
  • Finnish: tyhjillään oleva — Not inhabited, especially by a tenant
  • French: inoccupé — Not inhabited, especially by a tenant
  • French: inhabité — Not inhabited, especially by a tenant
  • French: vide — Not inhabited, especially by a tenant
  • German: leerstehend — Not inhabited, especially by a tenant
  • Latin: vastus — Not inhabited, especially by a tenant
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ubebodd — Not inhabited, especially by a tenant
  • Turkish: oturulmayan — Not inhabited, especially by a tenant
  • Ottoman Turkish: بوش (boş) — Not inhabited, especially by a tenant
  • Ottoman Turkish: خالی (hali) — Not inhabited, especially by a tenant
  • Bulgarian: свободен (svoboden) — Not being used; vacant or free
  • Danish: ubesat — Not being used; vacant or free
  • Esperanto: neokupata — Not being used; vacant or free
  • Finnish: vapaa — Not being used; vacant or free
  • French: inoccupé — Not being used; vacant or free
  • French: libre — Not being used; vacant or free
  • German: frei — Not being used; vacant or free
  • Latin: vastus — Not being used; vacant or free
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ubesatt — Not being used; vacant or free
  • Spanish: no ocupado — Not being used; vacant or free
  • Turkish: boş — Not being used; vacant or free
  • Ottoman Turkish: بوش (boş) — Not being used; vacant or free
  • Ottoman Turkish: خالی (hali) — Not being used; vacant or free
  • Bulgarian: незает (nezaet) — Not employed on a task; idle
  • Danish: ubeskæftiget — Not employed on a task; idle
  • Finnish: joutilas — Not employed on a task; idle
  • Finnish: toimeton — Not employed on a task; idle
  • German: unbeschäftigt — Not employed on a task; idle
  • Irish: díomhaoin — Not employed on a task; idle
  • Turkish: işsiz — Not employed on a task; idle
  • Turkish: boşta gezen — Not employed on a task; idle
  • Uyghur: بىكار (bikar) — Not employed on a task; idle
  • Bulgarian: неокупиран (neokupiran) — Not occupied by foreign troops etc
  • Danish: ubesat — Not occupied by foreign troops etc
  • Finnish: miehittämätön — Not occupied by foreign troops etc
  • German: unbesetzt — Not occupied by foreign troops etc
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ubesatt — Not occupied by foreign troops etc
  • Turkish: işgal edilmemiş — Not occupied by foreign troops etc
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