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UNTENANTED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does untenanted mean?
• UNTENANTED (adjective)
The adjective UNTENANTED has 1 sense:
1. not leased to or occupied by a tenant
Familiarity information: UNTENANTED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not leased to or occupied by a tenant
Synonyms:
unoccupied; untenanted
Context example:
very little unclaimed and untenanted land
Similar:
uninhabited (not having inhabitants; not lived in)
Context examples
The house looked as though it had been long untenanted.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Finally, on the top corridor, which ran outside three untenanted bedrooms, he again was seized with a spasm of merriment.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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