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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Daniel Quiroz spent a recent Saturday morning mowing the yard of his uninhabitable house.
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Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2025
Its size and harsh, uninhabitable interior meant that initial encounters were concentrated along the southwest coast.
—Morten Høi Jensen, The Dial, 19 June 2025
According to a new study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, archosauromorphs, early ancestors of dinosaurs and crocodiles, migrated across 10,000 miles of uninhabitable terrain after the end-Permian mass extinction event.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2025
Of the 16,000 housing units rendered uninhabitable in the Loma Prieta earthquake, 7,000 were soft-story.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
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Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2025
Its size and harsh, uninhabitable interior meant that initial encounters were concentrated along the southwest coast.
—Morten Høi Jensen, The Dial, 19 June 2025
According to a new study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, archosauromorphs, early ancestors of dinosaurs and crocodiles, migrated across 10,000 miles of uninhabitable terrain after the end-Permian mass extinction event.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2025
Of the 16,000 housing units rendered uninhabitable in the Loma Prieta earthquake, 7,000 were soft-story.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
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“Uninhabitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uninhabitable. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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