inhabit
verb (used with object)
to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals.
inhabitability
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a word derived from
inhabit.
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a word derived from
inhabitable.
inhabitableadjectiveable or fit to be lived in.
Example Sentences
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"Pollution ravages our planet, oozing inhabitability via air, soil, water and weather," the lawyer said in his suicide note, quoted by the New York Times.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2018
“Pollution ravages our planet, oozing inhabitability via air, soil, water and weather,” Buckel wrote in the email that news outlets, including the New York Times, received.
From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2018
A visitor to our planet at that time might not have held out much hope for its inhabitability, although life still survived in the oceans.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Gentlemen," began the Captain in reply, "I had formed my opinion regarding the ancient inhabitability of our Satellite long before I ever dreamed of testing my theory by anything like our present journey.
From All Around the Moon by Edward Roth
It was now known which systems were to be rejected, which admitted, upon the formation of this orb, its origin, and its inhabitability.
From The Moon-Voyage by Jules Verne
