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uninhabitable

English

Etymology

un- +? inhabitable

Adjective

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
    • c. 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II, Scene 1,[1]
      Though this island seem to be desert,— []
      Uninhabitable and almost inaccessible,—
    • 1937, George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier, Penguin, 1962, Part 1, Chapter 4, p. 53,[2]
      Then there is the misery of leaking roofs and oozing walls, which in winter makes some rooms almost uninhabitable.

Derived terms

  • uninhabitably

Translations

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undwellable

English

Etymology

un- +? dwellable

Adjective

undwellable (comparative more undwellable, superlative most undwellable)

  1. (obsolete) uninhabitable
    • (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)
      a land undwellable

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