tenantable

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Vast sums of money must be expended before it can be made tenantable.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various

The shade was not comfortable and within doors those apartments which denied entrance to the sun had to be made tenantable by braziers.

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth

At the close of the month it is stated on reliable authority, that the number of buildings actually tenantable was greater than before the conflagration.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various

By 7 A.M. it became evident that the cabin must soon go to pieces, and indeed it was scarcely tenantable then.

From At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe by Fuller, Arthur B.

No weapon, no matter how ingenious, is of utility in warfare unless it can be relied upon, and no vessel that is not tenantable can be expected to render any service at sea.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 by Various