Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unhabitable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-hab-it-able
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not fit for people to live in; not able to be inhabited.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"They conceived the torrid Zone unhabitable, and so made frustrate the goodliest part of the earth. But we now know ’tis very well empeopled, and the habitation thereof esteemed so happy, that some have made it the proper seat of Paradise, and beene so farre from judging it unhabitable that they have made it the first habitation of all."
"[…] I could hardly have nam’d a Place in the unhabitable Part of the World where I could have been cast more to my Advantage:"

Etymology

From un- + habitable.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more unhabitable (comparative) most unhabitable (superlative)

Derived Forms

unhabitableness

Synonyms

uninhabitable

Questions

What does unhabitable mean?: Not fit for people to live in; not able to be inhabited.
Where does unhabitable come from?: From un- + habitable.

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