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unoccupied

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un⋅oc⋅cu⋅pied

  [uhn-ok-yuh-pahyd]
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–adjective
1. without occupants; empty; vacant.
2. not held or controlled by invading forces: unoccupied nations.
3. not busy or active; idle; not gainfully employed: an unoccupied person.
4. without inhabitants; deserted.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see un- 1 , occupied
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un·oc·cu·pied   (ŭn-ŏk'yə-pīd')   
adj.  

    1. Not being used: an unoccupied telephone booth.

    2. Not inhabited: an unoccupied house.

  2. Not busy, employed, or engaged; idle.

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Word Origin & History

unoccupied 
c.1380, "idle," from un- (1) "not" + pp. of occupy. In ref. to ground, etc., attested from c.1425.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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