unlivable

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Recent Examples of unlivable The floodwaters made Dillion’s home unlivable, caving in parts of the ceiling. Nidhi Sharma, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2025 Netanyahu has repeatedly claimed that killing Palestinians—the toll stands at more than 59,000 Palestinians—and rendering Gaza unlivable was necessary to destroy Hamas. Zaha Hassan, Foreign Affairs, 29 July 2025 Pakistan Dispatch: How one man gets by in the unbearable and inescapable heat of Pakistan’s biggest and most unlivable city. Leily Nikounazar Arash Khamooshi, New York Times, 26 July 2025 The homes left standing in the immediate area are unlivable, requiring costly and time-consuming repairs. Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for unlivable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlivable
uninhabitable
Adjective
  • Following Milwaukee's August storms, over 50 properties were declared uninhabitable.
    Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The fighting has displaced roughly 90% of Gaza’s population, many more than once, and left large parts of the territory uninhabitable.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Unlivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlivable. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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