unoccupied
adjEtymology From Middle English unoccupied; equivalent to un- + occupied.
1
Of a house etc 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:
2
Not being used; vacant or free
3
Not employed on a task; idle
4
Of territory Not occupied by foreign troops etc
- Derived terms
- unoccupiedness