Meanings
comparative more unlivable · superlative most unlivable · alternative unliveable
- That cannot be lived.
an unlivable life
- Unfit to be lived in; uninhabitable.
an unlivable planet
1 more example
Lebanese healthcare workers and officials say Israeli bombings have deliberately targeted medical workers and facilities in south Lebanon, including through the use of double-tap strikes, in what they describe as a systematic effort to make the area unlivable.
2026 March 21, William Christou, Abbas Abdelkarim, “Israel deliberately targeting medical facilities in south Lebanon, say health workers”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2026
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Middle Englishlefe
- Englishlive
- Englishlivable
- Englishunlivable
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀβίωτος
- ἀβίωτος (abíōtos)unfit for habitation
Dutch onleefbaar
- onleefbaarunfit for habitation
Finnish elinkelvoton
- elinkelvotonunfit for habitation
French inhabitable, inhospitalier
- inhabitableunfit for habitation
- inhospitalierunfit for habitation
German unbewohnbar
- unbewohnbarunfit for habitation
Italian invivibile
- invivibileunfit for habitation
Polish nienadający się do zamieszkania
- nienadający się do zamieszkaniaunfit for habitation
Spanish invivible
- invivibleunfit for habitation
Cite this entry
unlivable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlivable
“unlivable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlivable. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unlivable,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlivable.
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