uninhabitable
adjective
un·in·hab·it·able
ˌən-in-ˈha-bə-tə-bəl 
: unfit for habitation : not inhabitable
an uninhabitable wilderness
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Its uprooting marked not only the loss of a helpful landmark but the loss of an emotional touchstone in an otherwise uninhabitable landscape.
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Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
The four apartments were found to be uninhabitable and the residents were displaced.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
Some projections suggest nations like the Maldives or Marshall Islands could become largely uninhabitable within decades.
—Lauren Gifford, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The city is subsiding by more than 3 millimetres a year, and even in the United Nations’ best-case climate scenario, a third of the metropolis could be underwater or uninhabitable by 2050.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
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Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
The four apartments were found to be uninhabitable and the residents were displaced.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
Some projections suggest nations like the Maldives or Marshall Islands could become largely uninhabitable within decades.
—Lauren Gifford, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The city is subsiding by more than 3 millimetres a year, and even in the United Nations’ best-case climate scenario, a third of the metropolis could be underwater or uninhabitable by 2050.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Uninhabitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uninhabitable. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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