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.

—Jack London

Examples of unlivable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Locals are protesting the large influx of tourists, which is making the city unlivable during high season. —Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 11 Aug. 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

Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unlivable

• livable
• derivable
• unforgivable