unoccupied
unoccupied adjective: not inhabited, especially by a tenant.
Adjective
unoccupied (comparative more unoccupied, superlative most unoccupied)
- Not inhabited, especially by a tenant
- Construction of the world’s tallest unoccupied skyscraper may resume as early as next week, almost 10 years after work ground to a halt, according to Chinese state media.2025 April 24, Oscar Holland, “Construction of world’s tallest abandoned skyscraper to resume after a decade”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- untenanted, vacant, beingless, desert, deserted, howling, desolate, disinhabited, inhabitantless, inhabited
- Not being used; vacant or free
- Not employed on a task; idle
- Synonyms:
- dormant, unemployed, abeyant, at rest, cessant, dull, fallow, hibernating, idle, inactive
- Not occupied by foreign troops etc
- Synonyms:
- free
unoccupied meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
unoccupied in Hindi
- unoccupied, uninvolved, unemployed
- अव्यस्त avyast
- unoccupied, idle
- ठाला ṭhālā
unoccupied in Tamil
- ஒழி, பயன்படுத்தப்படாத, வேலையற்றுள்ள, குடியேறாத
unoccupied in Urdu
- unoccupied
- سونا sūnā
unoccupied in Telugu
- unoccupied, empty, vacant
- ఊరికె ūrike
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- unoccupied in Malayalam
- താമസമില്ലാത്ത, ആൾതാമസമില്ലാത്ത, ഒഴിഞ്ഞ, വിവൃത
- unoccupied in Gujarati
- નવરું navrũ
Synonyms of unoccupied
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Forms of unoccupied
| comparative | more unoccupied |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unoccupied |
Origin of unoccupied
From Middle English unoccupied; equivalent to un- + occupied.
Words formed from unoccupied
Questions about unoccupied
- What does unoccupied mean?
- Unoccupied means not inhabited, especially by a tenant.
- What is unoccupied in Hindi?
- Unoccupied in Hindi is अव्यस्त (avyast), ठाला (ṭhālā). See Unoccupied meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is unoccupied?
- Unoccupied is an adjective.
Words near unoccupied in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unoccupied (page history and authors); अव्यस्त (Hindi) (page history and authors); unoccupied (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); سونا (Urdu) (page history and authors); ఊరికె (Telugu) (page history and authors); unoccupied (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); નવરું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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