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Unoccupied   /ənˈɑkjəpˌaɪd/   Listen
Unoccupied

adjective
1.
Not held or filled or in use.  "Unoccupied hours"
2.
Not seized and controlled.
3.
Not leased to or occupied by a tenant.  Synonym: untenanted.  "Very little unclaimed and untenanted land"





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"Unoccupied" Quotes from Famous Books



... constructive faculties, not unfrequently developed in circumstances in which a man has to be his own Jack-of-all-trades: finding a certain old manor-house which he had haunted as a boy, chiefly for the sake of its attendant goose-berries and apples, unoccupied and fallen into decay, he set about restoring it with his own hands. But it had not occurred to him that, although even in England it is not necessary, as they did at Lagado, in building to begin with the roof, in England especially is it necessary ...
— There & Back • George MacDonald
... a fellow's mind was unoccupied after hours, and for many other reasons. He was among the most attractive people, and was obliged to dress well and be amiable. If girls were attracted to him it could do business no harm—and business comes first. ...
— A Canadian Bankclerk • J. P. Buschlen
... too well that at such hours he was not master of his thoughts, and that in fancy the empty chair opposite to him would not long be unoccupied. ...
— Herb of Grace • Rosa Nouchette Carey
... any keen desire for intimate social relations with them, and they did not seem to hunger for our society, so they moved across the creek to the unoccupied South Side, and established their camp there, at a ...
— Andersonville, complete • John McElroy
... most beautiful woman I ever saw, he thought. How is it possible that I have lived in Rexton for six months and never heard of her or of that house? Well, I daresay there's some simple explanation of it all. The place may have been unoccupied until lately—probably it is the summer residence of people who have only recently come to it. I'll ask Mrs. Danby. She'll know if anybody will. That good woman knows everything about everybody in Rexton for ...
— Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 • Lucy Maud Montgomery


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