unoccupied

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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unoccupied (ʌnˈɒkjʊˌpaɪd)

—*adj*
1.	(of a building) without occupants
2.	unemployed or idle
3.	(of an area or country) not overrun by foreign troops

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unoccupied

late 14c., "idle," from un- (1) "not" + pp. of occupy. In ref. to ground, etc., attested from early 15c.

Example sentences

Many shops are unoccupied, lots of apartments lie unfinished and there is no

sign that work is continuing.

We thank you for your understanding when you see unoccupied reserved sites.

And humans appear to have avoided the newly made island altogether, leaving it

unoccupied for over a hundred thousand years.

The staff will allow you to peek in if it is unoccupied.

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"We have two kinds of "conference." One is that to which the office boy refers when he tells the applicant for a job that Mr. Blevitch is "in conference." This means that Mr. Blevitch is in good health and reading the paper, but otherwise unoccupied. The other type of "conference" is bona fide in so far as it implies that three or four men are talking together in one room, and don't want to be disturbed."

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