unlivable
adjective
un·liv·able
ˌən-ˈli-və-bəl 
: unable to be lived or unfit to live in, on, or with : not livable
unlivable tenements
… he devoted himself to making life unlivable for them.—
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For most on the island, life became almost unlivable.
—Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025
Of the 27 homes on their street in the Rollins neighborhood, 25 were either destroyed, demolished or suffered extensive damage that left them unlivable until they could be gutted and rebuilt, Heath said.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
In Gaza now, too, some 90% of the population has been displaced, and much of the territory has been made unlivable by widespread Israeli bombing.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
This is a level not seen on this planet since there were crocodiles and palm trees in the Arctic Circle 50 million years ago—when there was no ice on Antarctica, and the tropics would have been totally unlivable for mammals like ourselves.
—Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
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Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025
Of the 27 homes on their street in the Rollins neighborhood, 25 were either destroyed, demolished or suffered extensive damage that left them unlivable until they could be gutted and rebuilt, Heath said.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
In Gaza now, too, some 90% of the population has been displaced, and much of the territory has been made unlivable by widespread Israeli bombing.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
This is a level not seen on this planet since there were crocodiles and palm trees in the Arctic Circle 50 million years ago—when there was no ice on Antarctica, and the tropics would have been totally unlivable for mammals like ourselves.
—Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unlivable
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“Unlivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unlivable. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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