uninhabitable
adjective
un·in·hab·it·able
ˌən-in-ˈha-bə-tə-bəl 
: unfit for habitation : not inhabitable
an uninhabitable wilderness
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Gloria’s decision not to pay for an independent evaluation of warehouse health risks — in a city reeling from its disastrous acquisition of an uninhabitable Ash Street office tower — wasn’t just surprising.
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U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
The fire ultimately spread to two floors of the apartment building plus the attic and roof, displacing 32 residents and leaving the building uninhabitable.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2025
The fire impacted half a dozen units, leaving four of them uninhabitable, the agency said.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
One night, five families with 15 children came to visit the Kings to tell them about the uninhabitable conditions in their building — no heat in the dead of winter, rats in their apartments and no running water in some cases.
—Erik Wallenberg, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
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U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
The fire ultimately spread to two floors of the apartment building plus the attic and roof, displacing 32 residents and leaving the building uninhabitable.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2025
The fire impacted half a dozen units, leaving four of them uninhabitable, the agency said.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
One night, five families with 15 children came to visit the Kings to tell them about the uninhabitable conditions in their building — no heat in the dead of winter, rats in their apartments and no running water in some cases.
—Erik Wallenberg, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
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“Uninhabitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uninhabitable. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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