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

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Now, many of these properties are uninhabitable shells that owners have no funds to fix and complete. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025 Mosquitoes may be coming to you As temperatures rise in numerous parts of the world, researchers have been fairly convinced that mosquitoes seeking warmer conditions will settle in previously uninhabitable areas. Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 25 May 2025 Black Sun is set in the time of an uninhabitable drought and follows Kai, who struggles with his retracting genital and his wife, Ling, who demeans him with this impotency. Sara Merican, Deadline, 16 May 2025 The water sometimes doesn’t work, some of the grandstand has been condemned and uninhabitable, and the barns, well, almost all but the stakes horses ship in from training tracks or Laurel. John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for uninhabitable

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 5 Jun. 2025.

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