uninhabitable
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English
Etymology
From un- + inhabitable.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
uninhabitable (comparative more uninhabitable, superlative most uninhabitable)
- Not fit for people (or other living things) to live in; not able to be inhabited.
- Synonyms: unlivable, unoccupiable, (obsolete) unhabitable
- Antonym: inhabitable
- The earthquake left many homes in the area uninhabitable.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
- Though this island seem to be desert,— […]
Uninhabitable and almost inaccessible,—
- 1937, George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier, Penguin, published 1962, Part 1, Chapter 4, p. 53:
- Then there is the misery of leaking roofs and oozing walls, which in winter makes some rooms almost uninhabitable.
Derived terms
Translations
not inhabitable
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