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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Tractors are clearing debris, but the city is mostly uninhabitable.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
With his home made uninhabitable by smoke and soot and the water unsafe to drink, Miller and his family were forced to move into a rental house in neighboring Pasadena.
—Todd Longwell, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
So why all the obsession with a mostly uninhabitable island with a population of around 57,000?
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2025
One woman staying with her husband and teenage son in two trailers in Black Mountain is exhausted and overwhelmed by trying to live normally in the yard of their uninhabitable home.
—Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 19 Mar. 2025
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
With his home made uninhabitable by smoke and soot and the water unsafe to drink, Miller and his family were forced to move into a rental house in neighboring Pasadena.
—Todd Longwell, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
So why all the obsession with a mostly uninhabitable island with a population of around 57,000?
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2025
One woman staying with her husband and teenage son in two trailers in Black Mountain is exhausted and overwhelmed by trying to live normally in the yard of their uninhabitable home.
—Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Uninhabitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uninhabitable. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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