nontenancy
English
Etymology
non- + tenancy
Noun
nontenancy (uncountable)
- Lack of tenancy; the state of being uninhabited.
- 1975, Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Notornis (volume 22, page 265)
- A review of other known breeding stations of this subspecies suggests that breeding sites are subject to periods of nontenancy.
- 1975, Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Notornis (volume 22, page 265)