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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While no injuries were reported, the house was deemed uninhabitable, and Victim Services arranged temporary housing for the residents, according to the news release.
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Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
In the war following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, the Israeli military has used heavy bombs, supplied in part by U.S. companies such as Boeing, to level and make uninhabitable much of the Gaza Strip.
—Adam Taylor The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 13 Jan. 2025
After more than a year of war, the UN and other aid organizations warn Gaza is close to uninhabitable.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
This landscape, while still uninhabitable to most, continues to capture the imagination and curiosity of over one million annual visitors who come to the park each year to witness the vast expanse of space, to experience the extremes, and to imagine the human history that played out here.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2024
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Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
In the war following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, the Israeli military has used heavy bombs, supplied in part by U.S. companies such as Boeing, to level and make uninhabitable much of the Gaza Strip.
—Adam Taylor The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 13 Jan. 2025
After more than a year of war, the UN and other aid organizations warn Gaza is close to uninhabitable.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
This landscape, while still uninhabitable to most, continues to capture the imagination and curiosity of over one million annual visitors who come to the park each year to witness the vast expanse of space, to experience the extremes, and to imagine the human history that played out here.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2024
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