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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 city even posted a notice in January that prevented uninhabitable units from being rented to new tenants until concerns were addressed.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
10 Nov. 2025
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Many places may become uninhabitable.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Unlivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlivable. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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