habitable
adjective
hab·it·able
ˈha-bə-tə-bəl 
also hə-ˈbi-tə-
: capable of being lived in : suitable for habitation
Examples of habitable in a Sentence
The house is not habitable.
the frigid Arctic is not habitable for amphibians and reptiles—or for humans, either, for that matter
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Together, these components could have seeded Earth’s initially barren landscape to produce a habitable world.
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Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2025
This not only gives the telescopes less time to observe more objects but also makes very faint objects such as very early galaxies and potentially habitable exoplanets impossible to see at all; if the object is faint enough, the image will become saturated before the signal becomes clear.
—Katherine Helen Laliotis, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2025
The climate of ancient Mars struck a balance that allowed water to exist; in particular, the late Noachian period (about 4.1 billion years to 3.5 billion years ago) is thought to have been a time when Mars was potentially habitable, even having rainfall that caused erosion.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
Malta is the largest, and Gozo and Comino are habitable.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2025
This not only gives the telescopes less time to observe more objects but also makes very faint objects such as very early galaxies and potentially habitable exoplanets impossible to see at all; if the object is faint enough, the image will become saturated before the signal becomes clear.
—Katherine Helen Laliotis, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2025
The climate of ancient Mars struck a balance that allowed water to exist; in particular, the late Noachian period (about 4.1 billion years to 3.5 billion years ago) is thought to have been a time when Mars was potentially habitable, even having rainfall that caused erosion.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
Malta is the largest, and Gozo and Comino are habitable.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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habitable
adjective
hab·it·able
ˈha-bi-tə-bəl
: suitable and fit for a person to live in : free of defects that endanger the health and safety of occupants see also warranty of habitability at warranty
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