uninhabitable

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Recent Examples of uninhabitable About six units sustained heavy damage, but the blaze left the entire building uninhabitable, displacing what was estimated to be as many as about 60 people who were expected to be housed at a local hotel or taken in by family or friends. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2026 San Diego’s measure provides several exemptions, among them disaster periods when a home is uninhabitable, circumstances where the owner is in long-term care, financial hardship following the death of an owner, qualifying military service, and use of the home for whole-home short-term rentals. Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2026 Around 17,100 years ago, when the markings were first created, the local landscape was still emerging from a near-uninhabitable glacial period. Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 1 June 2026 Most policies cover trip interruptions only when a government issues an official evacuation order or a destination becomes uninhabitable due to a natural disaster. Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for uninhabitable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninhabitable
unlivable
Adjective
  • The Russian president, who has never acknowledged that Ukraine is a legitimate country, or that Zelensky is its legitimate president, could continue to bomb Ukrainian cities, hoping to destroy the electrical grid and make the country unlivable.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 June 2026
  • They are now displaced, even though their home survived because of the toxins that rendered their home unlivable.
    Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 20 May 2026

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“Uninhabitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninhabitable. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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