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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And yet, in this seemingly uninhabitable landscape, there is life.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
Even in the United Nations' best-case scenario, a third of Alexandria will be underwater or uninhabitable by 2050.
—CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
One of the nuclear reactors at the Chernobyl plant was destroyed in an explosion on April 26, 1986, in a disaster that sent radiation as far away as the United Kingdom and making the surrounding area uninhabitable for potentially thousands of years.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 6 Dec. 2025
The house has been vacant since the fire, according to Athol Wong, who lives next door and whose own house was rendered uninhabitable for 22 months following the fire.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Nov. 2025
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
Even in the United Nations' best-case scenario, a third of Alexandria will be underwater or uninhabitable by 2050.
—CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
One of the nuclear reactors at the Chernobyl plant was destroyed in an explosion on April 26, 1986, in a disaster that sent radiation as far away as the United Kingdom and making the surrounding area uninhabitable for potentially thousands of years.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 6 Dec. 2025
The house has been vacant since the fire, according to Athol Wong, who lives next door and whose own house was rendered uninhabitable for 22 months following the fire.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Nov. 2025
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“Uninhabitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uninhabitable. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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