livable
adjective
liv·able
ˈli-və-bəl 
variants
or less commonly liveable
1
: suitable for living in, on, or with
a livable house
livable wages
2
livableness
noun
Examples of livable in a Sentence
They described the house as very livable.
People need jobs that will pay them livable wages.
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Combined with exterior coatings, that could warm their interior to a livable temperature of around 68 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celsius), according to Wordsworth.
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Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 18 Dec. 2025
Her company is working on the equivalent of giant, magnetic space Legos—hexagons that could self-assemble in space into livable, workable structures.
—Berly McCoy, NPR, 16 Dec. 2025
Which means the livable portion of the country is 40% smaller.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 16 Dec. 2025
By move-in day, though the remodeling wasn't over, the house was livable.
—Marni Jameson, Arkansas Online, 12 Dec. 2025
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Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 18 Dec. 2025
Her company is working on the equivalent of giant, magnetic space Legos—hexagons that could self-assemble in space into livable, workable structures.
—Berly McCoy, NPR, 16 Dec. 2025
Which means the livable portion of the country is 40% smaller.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 16 Dec. 2025
By move-in day, though the remodeling wasn't over, the house was livable.
—Marni Jameson, Arkansas Online, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Livable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/livable. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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livable
adjective
liv·able
variants
also liveable
: suitable for living in or with
livableness
noun
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