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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Louisville Division of Fire spokesperson Donovan Sims said department personnel have informed the property's management that the building is uninhabitable until fire alarms and sprinklers in the building are functional.
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Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 8 Oct. 2024
Residents whose homes have been rendered uninhabitable by the hurricane or who were forced to temporarily evacuate during the storm are eligible for the temporary housing support program.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
For much of the past 11 months—during which Israel has waged a brutal war of retaliation against Hamas that has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians and made much of the coastal enclave uninhabitable—many people have.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 3 Sep. 2024
The Oscar-winning film follows the story of ex-NASA pilot Joseph Cooper (McConaughey) who is tasked to lead a spacecraft of researchers into space to seek a new planet for humans after Earth becomes uninhabitable.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 8 Oct. 2024
Residents whose homes have been rendered uninhabitable by the hurricane or who were forced to temporarily evacuate during the storm are eligible for the temporary housing support program.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
For much of the past 11 months—during which Israel has waged a brutal war of retaliation against Hamas that has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians and made much of the coastal enclave uninhabitable—many people have.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 3 Sep. 2024
The Oscar-winning film follows the story of ex-NASA pilot Joseph Cooper (McConaughey) who is tasked to lead a spacecraft of researchers into space to seek a new planet for humans after Earth becomes uninhabitable.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Uninhabitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uninhabitable. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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