Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not fit or suitable to be breathed.
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- adjective Describes
air , or other mixture ofgases , that are not suitable for a person tobreathe .
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Examples
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Far beyond human stench and waste to unbreathable.
Darkness Becomes Her Kelly Keaton 2011
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After all the fish have been killed; after all the trees have been cut down; after all the soil has eroded away; after the air becomes unbreathable; when we humans are forced to eat our money; then will we understand?
Death by Plastic 2009
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Far beyond human stench and waste to unbreathable.
Darkness Becomes Her Kelly Keaton 2011
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Far beyond human stench and waste to unbreathable.
Darkness Becomes Her Kelly Keaton 2011
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After all the fish have been killed; after all the trees have been cut down; after all the soil has eroded away; after the air becomes unbreathable; when we humans are forced to eat our money; then will we understand?
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These are the same folks who oohed and ahhed over the multi-billion dollar Beijing Olympics venues while ignoring the air that was unbreathable.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The Timeless Appeal of Triumphalism 2010
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The noise in the tunnel was deafening, the dust-filled air practically unbreathable, and in some places the rock drilled out ahead had to be scooped up by hand, passed under the stomach, and kicked back with the feet to men with buckets who, in turn, had to squirm back to the face of the cliff to dump their loads.
Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010
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The noise in the tunnel was deafening, the dust-filled air practically unbreathable, and in some places the rock drilled out ahead had to be scooped up by hand, passed under the stomach, and kicked back with the feet to men with buckets who, in turn, had to squirm back to the face of the cliff to dump their loads.
Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010
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“If America was a person, — and it sat down, — Lancaster town would be plunged into a Darkness unbreathable.”
Making Light: We Await Silent Tristero’s Empire Nuku Nuku 2010
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Whether our climate is cooler or warmer won't matter at all if our air is unbreathable, if there is no biodiversity, if there isn't enough food to feed all the people we have (over) populated the planet with, etc.
What If...? 2010
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