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  • 61insalubre — [ ɛ̃salybr ] adj. • 1505; lat. insalubris ♦ Qui n est pas salubre. ⇒ malsain. Climat insalubre. Logement insalubre. « les îlots insalubres désignés par des pancartes : inhabitable, interdit » (Beauvoir). Dr. Qui est cause d insalubrité. ⇒… …

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  • 62déshabiter — ⇒DÉSHABITER, verbe trans. Rare A. Cesser d habiter. Il est sous le mont de Dieu et tout près de son trône une grotte qu habitent et déshabitent tour à tour la Lumière et les Ténèbres en perpétuelle succession (CHATEAUBR., Paradis perdu, 1836, p.… …

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  • 63inhabitabilité — [inabitabilite] n. f. ÉTYM. XXe; de inhabitable. ❖ ♦ Rare. Caractère de ce qui est inhabitable. Figuré : 0 Ayant montré des croquis, des photographies de nos immeubles à des mages, ils demeurèrent confondus. « Pourquoi si laids ? Pourquoi ? »… …

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  • 64habitable — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. inhabitable, fit for habitation, livable; see comfortable 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Fit to live in: inhabitable, livable. See COMFORT …

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  • 65livable — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. habitable, tenantable, inhabitable; see bearable , comfortable 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. habitable, comfortable, satisfactory, adequate, tolerable, homey, *equipped with creature comforts. ANT.: uninhabitable …

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  • 66uninhabitable — mid 15c., from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + INHABITABLE (Cf. inhabitable) …

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  • 67inhabit — verb Etymology: Middle English enhabiten, from Anglo French & Latin; Anglo French inhabiter, enhabiter, from Latin inhabitare, from in + habitare to dwell, frequentative of habēre to have more at give Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to… …

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  • 68wasteland — noun Date: 14th century 1. barren or uncultivated land < a desert wasteland > 2. an ugly often devastated or barely inhabitable place or area 3. something (as a way of life) that is spiritually and emotionally arid and unsatisfying …

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  • 69Dyson sphere — A Dyson sphere (or shell as it appeared in the original paper) is a hypothetical megastructure originally described by Freeman Dyson. Such a sphere would be a system of orbiting solar power satellites meant to completely encompass a star and&#8230; …

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  • 70Fermi paradox — The Fermi paradox is the apparent contradiction between high estimates of the probability of the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations and the lack of evidence for, or contact with, such civilizations.The extreme age of the universe and its …

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