uninhabitable

From un- + inhabitable.

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/

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uninhabitable (comparative more uninhabitable, superlative most uninhabitable)

1. 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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

     Though this island seem to be desert,— […]
     Uninhabitable and almost inaccessible,—

   • 1937, George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier‎^[1], 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.

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