Uninhabitable

//ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not fit for people (or other living things) to live in; not able to be inhabited.

    "The earthquake left many homes in the area uninhabitable."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not fit for habitation wordnet

Synonyms

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emptyunhabitableunlivableunlivableunoccupiable

Example

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"There was a very simple reason for this: their planet was cooling down internally and would become uninhabitable within 500 years."

Etymology

From un- + inhabitable.

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