unbreathableadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈbriːðəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈbriðəb(ə)l/ (un- prefix1 1b.)
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > environmental pollution > [adjective] > bad air
lither1393
muddya1628
unrespirable1720
unbreathable1846
1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing F. Butler).
1862 Cornhill Mag. Oct. 485 No one pretends that the worst air in a closed railway carriage is unbreathable.
c1882 C. Rossetti Resurgam in Poems (1891) 378 He stumbles on the darkened mountain-head, Left breathless in the unbreathable thin air.
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