vacant

Definition

  • adjective: not filled, used, or lived in
  • adjective: not occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer
  • synonyms: idle, unemployed, unincumbered

Examples

  • The children played in the 'vacant lot' [=a piece of land that is not being used] between the two buildings.

  • There were no 'vacant' apartments in the building. [=there were no empty apartments available to be rented]

  • ('Brit') I found my job through the 'situations vacant' [=('US') 'help wanted'] section of the newspaper.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) And you must be Miss Granger. Yes, Draco has told me all about you. And your parents. Muggles, aren't they? Let me see. Red hair, vacant expressions. . . . . .tatty, secondhand book. You must be the Weasleys. lt's mad in here. Let's go outside. -Well, well, well. Weasley senior. (..)
    2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets