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uninsurable

British  
/ ˌʌnɪnˈʃʊərəbəl, -ˈʃɔː /

adjective

  1. not eligible for insurance

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Homes are being built today that could become uninsurable in the future due to the risk of flooding, the boss of insurance giant Aviva has said.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Also uninsurable are players diagnosed with a “chronic condition.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

For instance, it is predicted that more than half a million Australian homes will be uninsurable by 2030, primarily due to increasing flood risk.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2023

One recent estimate found that around 520,940 homes in flood-prone Australia are predicted to be uninsurable by 2030.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 25, 2023

No business man will engage in an undertaking where the returns are so long deferred and the risks are uninsurable unless he can estimate the probable expenses and a reasonably large profit.

From Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods by Edward Tyson Allen

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