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Recent Examples of unlivable
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.
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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
The floodwaters made Dillion’s home unlivable, caving in parts of the ceiling.
—Nidhi Sharma, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2025
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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
The floodwaters made Dillion’s home unlivable, caving in parts of the ceiling.
—Nidhi Sharma, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlivable
uninhabitable
Adjective
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The initial wave of relief soon lifted, giving way to distress when Franco learned his home was uninhabitable.—
Joy Benedict,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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After the fire, the LAFD exercised its right to demolish the building based on public safety issues and its uninhabitable nature.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Unlivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlivable. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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