uninhabitable

adjective

un·​in·​hab·​it·​able ˌən-in-ˈha-bə-tə-bəl How to pronounce uninhabitable (audio)
: unfit for habitation : not inhabitable
an uninhabitable wilderness

Examples of uninhabitable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Inside, heaps of trash have rendered the Dayton’s Bluff house uninhabitable, according to the St. Paul Department of Safety and Inspections, which has posted vacate orders and sought to condemn the property. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2024 Most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks or months. Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2024 In Fairfax director Natalie Zimmerman’s gorgeous, immersive sensory feature, inhabitants of what is predicted to turn into an uninhabitable region by 2030 open up about their cherished, but endangered, way of life. Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024 Things could be so bad that the affected areas would be without power and uninhabitable for months. NBC News, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for uninhabitable 

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of uninhabitable was in the 15th century

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“Uninhabitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uninhabitable. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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