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unairable

unairable

8.2
Too closed to let in fresh air
  • adjective
  • /ʌˈnɛrəbəl/
translation icon : sin ventilación
  • The old basement was so unairable that it always smelled musty.

Examples

  • They found the attic unairable during the hot summer months.

  • After the flood, the room became unairable and needed professional cleaning.

  • The room felt unairable after the windows were closed.

  • After the storm, the basement became unairable due to the humidity.

  • The old basement was so unairable that it always smelled musty.

  • After the flood, the room became unairable and needed professional cleaning.

  • The room felt unairable after the windows were closed.

Synonyms

close
vsunairable
29 3.4

Too warm and without fresh air

refers to places where ventilation is impossible, not only warm air
stuffy
vsunairable
13 2.7

A room with little fresh air that feels uncomfortable to breathe in

means the same but stresses that fresh air cannot be provided
airless
vsunairable
4 4.9

A room or building with little fresh air that feels stuffy

focuses on spaces impossible to ventilate rather than just lacking air
suffocating
vsunairable
1 5.1

Making it hard to breathe because the air is hot, close, or not fresh

describes difficult breathing but focused on spaces that cannot be ventilated
unventilated
vsunairable
1 6.3

A room with no fresh air moving in

is about spaces that cannot be ventilated or given fresh air
unvented
vsunairable
1 7.9

Having no openings for air or gas to leave

implies inability to add ventilation rather than just lacking vents
suffocative
vsunairable
8.6

Hot, heavy air that makes it hard to breathe

covers same cause but stresses permanent inability to ventilate the space
unbreathable
vsunairable
7.1

Material that does not let air through, making you feel hot and damp

applies to spaces that cannot be ventilated, not only blocked materials
nonrespirable
vsunairable
  • Specialized
8.7

Too large or not able to enter the lungs when breathed in

is about spaces that cannot receive fresh air rather than inhalation safety

Antonyms

Having fresh air moving into and out of a room

How Ventilated

airy
13 2.3
stuffy
13 2.7
unairable
8.2
sealed
2.5

Surface Forms

unairable positive

Morphology

unairable = airable (transparent) = un + air + able

Formed by adding the productive negative prefix 'un-' to 'airable' (air + -able); meaning 'not able to be ventilated' is directly inferable from the parts.

Etymology

Unairable is built from the parts un- 'not', air 'fresh air', and -able 'able to'. So it literally means 'not able to get air', which makes sense when we call a room unairable because it is stuffy or musty.