unoccupied
/ʌnˈɑkjəpaɪd/
adjective
- (of a place) Not being used or lived in; empty.
- The hotel had several unoccupied rooms during the off-season.
- The house had been unoccupied for years, with weeds growing in the yard.
- We found an unoccupied table near the window and sat down.
- (of a person) Not busy; idle; not engaged in any activity.
- During the summer, the children were unoccupied and often bored.
- He sat unoccupied on the bench, watching people walk by.
- The manager noticed an unoccupied employee and gave her a new task.
- (of a territory or area) Not controlled or settled by a foreign power or group.
- The treaty declared the region unoccupied by any military force.
- Explorers ventured into the unoccupied wilderness.
- The land remained unoccupied for centuries before settlers arrived.