inhabitable
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3.9
- adjective
- /ɪnˈhæbɪtəbl/
:
habitable
- After several modifications, the researchers confirmed that the structure was now inhabitable.
- inhabitable planet
- inhabitable world
- inhabitable place
I mean, we have a, we, we're having trouble enough keeping the inhabitable planet, you know, habitable.
- I mean, we have a, we, we're having trouble enough keeping the inhabitable planet, you know, habitable.
Examples
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Having been in Colorado over the last weekend as the fires and the heat wave abated, my daughter and I discussed the fact that Colorado just might be inhabitable a few years down the road.
Blog text (27) -
It's the only place outside the faction zones that may still be inhabitable.
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The owners have taken a hit as well; the apartments are no longer inhabitable.
Blog text (30) -
Few inhabitable worlds are void of the signs of prior civilization.
Fiction book (1996) -
And so the question was, were the tropics in fact inhabitable for Europeans?
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These stabilizing influences have kept the surface of the Earth inhabitable for the last 3.8 billion years.
Academic text (1995) -
Unfortunately, if we don't fix it, we're going to need to search the universe for new inhabitable planets a whole lot sooner than we thought.
Blog text (18) -
Even in protected areas, for many frogs and salamanders, the inhabitable world is shrinking to nothing.
Academic text (2007) -
Scientists are searching for planets that are inhabitable to support human life.
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The housing project was built in an inhabitable area close to nature.
Synonyms
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4.6
A place that people can live in, like a house or planet
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3.4
Fit to live in and comfortable enough for daily life
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4.4
Providing conditions that allow life or growth
Safe and ready for people to live or work in
Suitable for people to live in
Antonyms
How Habitable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inhabitable comes from the verb inhabit, whose root habit- (from Latin habitare) means 'to live' or 'dwell', and the ending -able means 'able'. So inhabitable literally means 'able to be lived in', and you can see the same root in habitat, a place where people or animals live.