nonoccupation

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noun

Absence of occupation; the situation where a territory etc. is not occupied.

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Meanings

nounnonoccupation (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAbsence of occupation; the situation where a territory etc. is not occupied.

    Black coloration denotes occupation, white coloration nonoccupation, and X that a burrow had not yet or not any more existed in the respective year.

    2015 July 15, Vera Brust et al., “Determinants of between-year burrow re-occupation in a colony of the European bee-eater Merops apiaster”, in Ecology and Evolution, volume 5, →DOI

Origin

From non- + occupation.

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APA

nonoccupation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonoccupation

MLA

“nonoccupation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonoccupation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonoccupation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonoccupation.

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