inhabited

adjective

in·​hab·​it·​ed in-ˈha-bə-təd 

: having inhabitants

Examples of inhabited in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Larrel Martin Weathers, 39, was convicted Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court of second-degree murder, shooting at an inhabited dwelling and being a felon in possession of a firearm in the June 21, 2021, shooting death of Marcellus Cory Baker-Lee. —Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026

Part of one of 14 British overseas territories, Tristan lies roughly halfway between South Africa and South America, over 1,500 miles from its nearest inhabited neighbor. —NPR, 4 Apr. 2026

Their first conversation is comically lopsided, and McKellen, purring his way through what is effectively a monologue, lays the groundwork for his most vividly inhabited and hilariously irascible performance in years. —Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026

News photos document in harrowing detail the loss of life and property that almost inevitably results when one of those storms passes through an inhabited area. —Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for inhabited

• cohabited
• habited
• uninhabited