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uninˈhabitable, a.
(un-1 7 b. Cf. unhabitable.)
1448Extr. Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 401 The balyheis sal..tak doune the durris..of thaim [sc. houses], and mak thaim uninhabitable. 1574Golding Marlorat's Apocalips 299 The countrie of Sichimie..is desert and vninhabitable by reason of extreme cold. 1610Shakes. Temp. ii. i. 37 Though this Island seeme to be..Vninhabitable, and almost inaccessible. 1662J. Davies tr. Mandelslo's Trav. 281 They would needs know of him..how he came to that uninhabitable place. 1774Pennant Tour Scotl. in 1772, 174 The far greater part of the country being uninhabitable by reason of the..mountains. 1837Whewell Hist. Induct. Sci. I. 155 It was supposed that the space between the tropical circles must be uninhabitable from heat. 1884Law Times 27 Sept. 359/2 The Manor House..being so dilapidated as to be almost uninhabitable.
Hence uninˈhabitableness.
1669Stillingfl. Serm. ix. (1673) 166 The opinion of the Ancients concerning the uninhabitableness of the torrid Zone. 1676Doctrine of Devils 194 The Uninhabitableness of the middle Zone. 1839F. A. Kemble Rec. Later Life I. 255 Eight dwelling houses, all in different states and stages of uninhabitableness. |