uninhabitable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English un-

English inhabitable

English uninhabitable

From un- + inhabitable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/

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Adjective

uninhabitable (comparative more uninhabitable, superlative most uninhabitable)

1. Not fit for people (or other living things) to live in; not able to be inhabited.

   Synonyms: unlivable, unoccupiable, (obsolete) unhabitable

   Antonym: inhabitable

   The earthquake left many homes in the area uninhabitable.

   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

     Though this island seem to be desert,— […]
     Uninhabitable and almost inaccessible,—

   • 1937, George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier‎^[1], Penguin, published 1962, Part 1, Chapter 4, p. 53:

     Then there is the misery of leaking roofs and oozing walls, which in winter makes some rooms almost uninhabitable.

Derived terms

• uninhabitably

Translations

not inhabitable

• Belarusian: нежылы́ (nježylý)
• Catalan: inhabitable
• Czech: neobyvatelný (cs)
• Danish: ubeboelig
• Dutch: onbewoonbaar (nl)
• Finnish: asumiskelvoton
• French: inhabitable (fr)

  Middle French: inhabitable

• Galician: inhabitable (gl), inhabitábel (gl)
• German: unbewohnbar (de)
• Greek: ακατοίκητος (el) (akatoíkitos)
• Hungarian: lakhatatlan (hu)
• Italian: inabitabile
• Manx: neuchummaltagh, neuvaghagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ubeboelig

• Polish: niezamieszkiwalny
• Portuguese: inabitável (pt)
• Russian: нежило́й (ru) (nežilój), неприго́дный для жилья́ (neprigódnyj dlja žilʹjá), неприго́дный для прожива́ния (neprigódnyj dlja proživánija)
• Spanish: inhabitable (es)
• Swedish: obeboelig (sv)
• Ukrainian: нежили́й (nežylýj)