Unhabitable
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Unhabitable is an adjective meaning (obsolete) Not fit for people to live in; not able to be inhabited.
Meaning
(obsolete) Not fit for people to live in; not able to be inhabited.
Example Sentences
[…] I could hardly have nam’d a Place in the unhabitable Part of the World where I could have been cast more to my Advantage:
They conceived the torrid Zone unhabitable, and so made frustrate the goodliest part of the earth. But we now know ’tis very well empeopled, and the habitation thereof esteemed so happy, that some have made it the proper seat of Paradise, and beene so farre from judging it unhabitable that they have made it the first habitation of all.
Synonyms for unhabitable
Depending on context, synonyms include uninhabitable.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include elephants, downs, uninhabitable, inhabitable, unlivable, nonhabitable.
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