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

  • (..) Mary, she's the smaller one? Yes, she is. -Everyone here? -Very successful. But? There were a few vacant lots and one holdout. -Who? -William Bandy. ...eight. Who's he? He's an old man (..)
    2007 There Will Be Blood