uninhabitable

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Recent Examples of uninhabitable And given the provision of the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, which explicitly states that no nation can claim sovereignty over any celestial body, investing immense sums to inhabit naturally uninhabitable places such as the moon or Mars seems misplaced. James Cramer, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2025 More than a century later, parts of the region remain uninhabitable. Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 Travel insurance may cover trip cancellations or interruptions if the destination is uninhabitable, but policies must be purchased before the storm is named. Nathan Diller, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025 An Environmental Relative Moldiness Index (ERMI) test found Sara's home as uninhabitable, forcing the couple to take action. Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for uninhabitable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninhabitable
unlivable
Adjective
  • This is a level not seen on this planet since there were crocodiles and palm trees in the Arctic Circle 50 million years ago—when there was no ice on Antarctica, and the tropics would have been totally unlivable for mammals like ourselves.
    Peter Brannen August 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The floodwaters made Dillion’s home unlivable, caving in parts of the ceiling.
    Nidhi Sharma, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2025

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“Uninhabitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninhabitable. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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