- (of a building) without occupants
- unemployed or idle
- (of an area or country) not overrun by foreign troops
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
un•oc•cu•pied /ʌnˈɑkyəˌpaɪd/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- lacking occupants:unoccupied houses.
- not held or controlled by invading forces:unoccupied territory.
- not busy or active;
idle:unoccupied hours.
un•oc•cu•pied
(un ok′yə pīd′),USA pronunciation adj.
- without occupants;
empty;
vacant. - not held or controlled by invading forces:unoccupied nations.
- not busy or active;
idle;
not gainfully employed:an unoccupied person. - without inhabitants;
deserted.
- 1350–1400; Middle English; see un-1, occupied
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unoccupied /ʌnˈɒkjʊˌpaɪd/ adj
'unoccupied' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bishop
- empty
- idle
- jump
- liberty
- no-man's-land
- open
- Pétain
- rook
- room
- space
- twiddle
- vacant
- vacancy
- vacant possession
- void
- area
- busy
- Chinese checkers
- dead freight
- edge
- hinterland
- leisure
- opening
- tin
- unemployed
- vacate
- Vichy
- white
- Schottky defect
- squat