Antonyms for tenantless

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ten-uh nt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛn ənt

Definition of tenantless

Origin : early 14c., "person who holds lands by title or by lease," from Anglo-French tenaunt (late 13c.), Old French tenant (12c.), noun use of present participle of tenir "to hold," from Latin tenere "hold, keep" (see tenet).

As in vacant : adj empty; unoccupied
As in void : adj empty
As in unoccupied : adj unlived in

Example sentences :

At that time there were no desks in front of these back benches, which were tenantless.
Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various

In a few minutes his house was tenantless, having been overwhelmed with shot.
Extract from : « The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido » by Henry Keppel

The Ship Island region was as woodsy and tenantless as ever.
Extract from : « Life On The Mississippi, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

This was the tragedy that had kept the old house for so many years tenantless.
Extract from : « The Daughters of Danaus » by Mona Caird

But the other rooms on her floor were dismantled and tenantless.
Extract from : « The Invader » by Margaret L. Woods

She hastened on into the library, and was relieved to find it tenantless.
Extract from : « Mildred at Roselands » by Martha Finley

Her farms are tenantless, her cities empty, the grass is growing in her streets.
Extract from : « The Cloud » by Sartell Prentice

Tenements are now tenantless that once were thronged with life.
Extract from : « Letters from Switzerland » by Samuel Irenus Prime

Slowly at length she returned to the tenantless house of her father.
Extract from : « Elson Grammar School Literature, Book Four. » by William H. Elson

Tenantless by the proprietor it had been for ten years, but it was no ruin.
Extract from : « Shirley » by Charlotte Bront

Synonyms for tenantless

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