Definition of inhabitable in English:
inhabitable
adjective ɪnˈhabɪtəblɪnˈhæbədəb(ə)l
Suitable to live in; habitable.
soon we will run out of inhabitable space on the planet
Example sentencesExamples
- More recently, Mars has been featured on film as a volatile future colony in Total Recall and a bizarrely inhabitable terrain in Red Planet.
- The house itself was built around 1750AD and the Friars of the Corpus Friary lived there after the Friary itself became inhabitable.
- This was a perfectly nice Polish neighborhood before you guys decided to move in, open up your hip bars, and generally make the area more inhabitable for the Yuppies.
- She bought it in 2000 for about £235,000, when it was still heated by a back boiler and scarcely inhabitable by today's standards.
- If they got running water to all these buildings that are obviously inhabitable, they could get the city cleaned up a lot faster.
Synonyms
habitable, fit to live in, fit to occupy, usable, liveable-in, suitable for residential use
formal tenantable
Derivatives
nounɪnˌhabɪtəˈbɪlɪti
An inspection of the roof will occur on Wednesday, January 17, and more information regarding the building's inhabitability will be known at that time.
Example sentencesExamples
- The point I want to make here is that the forces we've allowed to shape the growth and development of our cities have little to do with their utility or inhabitability.
- As you know, it is normally the job of the surveyor scouts to go down to the surface and study the planet to ascertain is inhabitability.
- Its inhabitability and interior comfort are manifested through a clean design that is completely functional and friendly.
- It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a cab locking apparatus which improves the inhabitability of a cab, increases the bed space and reduces the cost of production.
Definition of inhabitable in US English:
inhabitable
adjectiveinˈhabədəb(ə)lɪnˈhæbədəb(ə)l
Suitable to live in; habitable.
soon we will run out of inhabitable space on the planet
Example sentencesExamples
- If they got running water to all these buildings that are obviously inhabitable, they could get the city cleaned up a lot faster.
- This was a perfectly nice Polish neighborhood before you guys decided to move in, open up your hip bars, and generally make the area more inhabitable for the Yuppies.
- The house itself was built around 1750AD and the Friars of the Corpus Friary lived there after the Friary itself became inhabitable.
- She bought it in 2000 for about £235,000, when it was still heated by a back boiler and scarcely inhabitable by today's standards.
- More recently, Mars has been featured on film as a volatile future colony in Total Recall and a bizarrely inhabitable terrain in Red Planet.
Synonyms
habitable, fit to live in, fit to occupy, usable, liveable-in, suitable for residential use