uninhabitable
adj/ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/
Etymology From un- + inhabitable.
1
Not fit for people (or other living things) to live in; not able to be inhabited.
- The earthquake left many homes in the area uninhabitable.
- Though this island seem to be desert,— […] Uninhabitable and almost inaccessible,—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]:
1 more example
- Then there is the misery of leaking roofs and oozing walls, which in winter makes some rooms almost uninhabitable.1937, George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier, Penguin, published 1962, Part 1, Chapter 4, p. 53:
- Derived terms
- uninhabitableness, uninhabitably