Unoccupied
[ʌn'ɒkjʊpaɪd] or [,ʌn'ɑkjupaɪd]
Definition
(adj.) not leased to or occupied by a tenant; 'an unoccupied apartment'; 'very little unclaimed and untenanted land' .
(adj.) not held or filled or in use; 'an unoccupied telephone booth'; 'unoccupied hours' .
(adj.) not seized and controlled; 'unoccupied areas of France' .
Inputed by Armand--From WordNet
Definition
adj. not occupied: not used.
Inputed by Carmela
Examples
- But Adrian is alone, wifeless, childless, unoccupied. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I took it with me to an unoccupied desk. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Ten minutes since, I caught Betteredge at an unoccupied moment, and told him what I wanted. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Give me the other,' said Sikes, seizing Oliver's unoccupied hand. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- A third one, on the other side, still unoccupied, was surrounded by a group, waiting the moment of sale to begin. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Mr Inspector, hastily fortifying himself with another glass, strolled out with a noiseless foot and an unoccupied countenance. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was opened presently by a woman with a child in her arms, whose unoccupied hand was hastily rearranging the upper part of her dress. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Its site will always remain unoccupied; and yet it is one of the very best locations for a town we have seen in all Palestine. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This was to be the graceful toy with which his unoccupied hands were to trifle. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But Gerald remained as if genial and happy, unaware that he was waiting or unoccupied, knowing himself the very pivot of the occasion. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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