inhabitable

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Recent Examples of inhabitable To hope is to give yourself to the future—and that commitment to the future is what makes the present inhabitable. Literary Hub, 6 May 2026 The home is no longer inhabitable, and the Steaves plan to live with family in the area. Leondra Head, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026 But in the present day, with the glade abandoned, the only hope for construction to stop is for Mabel to find a beaver — a keystone species — that can once again make the area inhabitable. Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2026 During summer, this broad swath of the Mojave Desert is borderline inhabitable. Graham Averill, Outside, 23 Feb. 2026 Back then, the Red Planet was regarded as marginally inhabitable. New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026 Without the mass import of the wet stuff from parts north and east, much of Southern and Central California would be barely inhabitable. James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026 The effects of it — the societal collapse, the potential for a planet that becomes inhabitable, the domino effects of countries behaving badly and economies collapsing because of climate change — are very real issues that should be front and center of our conversations right now. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Dec. 2025 Or has our world become a little bit too inhabitable? Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhabitable
Adjective
  • Of those, 25,325 have been declared habitable, allowing residents to return, while 9,866 have been classified as suitable only for restricted occupancy because of structural damage requiring repairs or continuous monitoring.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Others just want someone to tell them their house can be habitable again.
    Julimar Valentina Rivas Perez, NBC news, 24 July 2026
Adjective
  • And yet a truly livable city depends on much more than thriving business.
    Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Players compete to build massive engines of profit and production to transform Mars into a livable habitat, all in the glorious name of cutthroat capitalism.
    Alan Bradley, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Friday will be dry and comfortable in the Twin Cities, and a beautiful weekend is ahead.
    Joseph Dames, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Hyaluronic acid piles on even more hydration, while ceramides support the moisture barrier and soothing extracts like cica keep skin feeling comfortable—all adding up to that bouncy, glass-skin finish.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 20 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • That is, unless their team-wide attention to defensive detail remains catatonic, which isn’t an acceptable solution.
    Thomas Drance, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • There will almost always be more than one technically acceptable answer.
    Brian Duggan, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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“Inhabitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhabitable. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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