unliveableunlivableadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈlɪvəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈlɪvəb(ə)l/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and liveable adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, liveable adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + liveable adj.

1. Unfit or unsuitable for living in. Also unliveable-in.In quot. 1834: not conducive to living comfortably; cf. liveable adj. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [adjective] > habitable > not

undwellablea1382

unhabitablea1382

inhabitablec1400

uninhabitable1448

unhospital1570

unhospitable1612

inhospitable1616

scurrile1632

unreceivable1634

dishabitable1642

disinhabitable1660

untenantablea1661

unliveable1834

1834 M. Edgeworth Let. 8 Mar. in Tour Connemara (1950) i. 43 The want of window curtains..gave the whole an unfinished unlivable appearance.

1898 E. F. Benson Money Market ii. 19 He saw no reason for making his own rooms unlivable-in.

1899 Contemp. Rev. Dec. 848 Rural theft makes parts of Sardinia unlivable.

1937 Amer. Home Apr. 152/1 (advt.) No cold, unlivable areas—no drafty, icy floors.

1965 O. Manning Friends & Heroes xxix. 360 We can't live here with this gun banging away at all hours. The house has become unliveable-in.

2010 P. Murray Skippy Dies 110 In the next thirty or forty years, ecological collapse may well make Earth unliveable.

2. Of life: that cannot be lived; insufferable, unbearable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > [adjective] > that cannot be lived

unliveable1835

1835 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 38 784 He has made for me my life unliveable.

a1889 E. Hatch Memorials (1890) 48 Stoicism did but show them how to live an unliveable life.

1985 R. Ingalls Three of Kind 93 Now ordinary life isn't any good. It feels unliveable.

2005 N. Hornby Long Way Down 8 Wanting to kill myself was an appropriate and reasonable response to a whole series of unfortunate events that had rendered life unlivable.

Compounds

unliveable-with adj. (of a person) difficult or impossible to live with; antisocial, not companionable.

ΚΠ

1841 L. Blanchard Life & Lit. Remains L. E .L. I. 250 The letters which I recollect having seen, contained such expressions as these ‘His habits are the most out-of-the-way you can imagine.’ ‘He is the most un-liveable-with person I ever saw.’

1929 Tyrone (Pa.) Daily Herald 7 Dec. 4/2 A wife who claims that her husband is unbearable and unlivable with is to be believed—when she ceases to live with him.

1964 Las Vegas Sun 1 Mar. I was unlivable with. So I programmed myself to be different.

2007 H. Alport & A. Alport Doctor! Doctor! ii. 26 I had acquired migraine, insomnia and dyspepsia all in fair measure and had become, I was told, even more unliveable-with than usual.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unliveable
释义	unliveableunlivableadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈlɪvəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈlɪvəb(ə)l/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and liveable adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, liveable adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + liveable adj. 1. Unfit or unsuitable for living in. Also unliveable-in.In quot. 1834: not conducive to living comfortably; cf. liveable adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [adjective] > habitable > not undwellablea1382 unhabitablea1382 inhabitablec1400 uninhabitable1448 unhospital1570 unhospitable1612 inhospitable1616 scurrile1632 unreceivable1634 dishabitable1642 disinhabitable1660 untenantablea1661 unliveable1834 1834 M. Edgeworth Let. 8 Mar. in Tour Connemara (1950) i. 43 The want of window curtains..gave the whole an unfinished unlivable appearance. 1898 E. F. Benson Money Market ii. 19 He saw no reason for making his own rooms unlivable-in. 1899 Contemp. Rev. Dec. 848 Rural theft makes parts of Sardinia unlivable. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 152/1 (advt.) No cold, unlivable areas—no drafty, icy floors. 1965 O. Manning Friends & Heroes xxix. 360 We can't live here with this gun banging away at all hours. The house has become unliveable-in. 2010 P. Murray Skippy Dies 110 In the next thirty or forty years, ecological collapse may well make Earth unliveable. 2. Of life: that cannot be lived; insufferable, unbearable. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [adjective] > that cannot be lived unliveable1835 1835 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 38 784 He has made for me my life unliveable. a1889 E. Hatch Memorials (1890) 48 Stoicism did but show them how to live an unliveable life. 1985 R. Ingalls Three of Kind 93 Now ordinary life isn't any good. It feels unliveable. 2005 N. Hornby Long Way Down 8 Wanting to kill myself was an appropriate and reasonable response to a whole series of unfortunate events that had rendered life unlivable. Compounds unliveable-with adj. (of a person) difficult or impossible to live with; antisocial, not companionable. ΚΠ 1841 L. Blanchard Life & Lit. Remains L. E .L. I. 250 The letters which I recollect having seen, contained such expressions as these ‘His habits are the most out-of-the-way you can imagine.’ ‘He is the most un-liveable-with person I ever saw.’ 1929 Tyrone (Pa.) Daily Herald 7 Dec. 4/2 A wife who claims that her husband is unbearable and unlivable with is to be believed—when she ceases to live with him. 1964 Las Vegas Sun 1 Mar. I was unlivable with. So I programmed myself to be different. 2007 H. Alport & A. Alport Doctor! Doctor! ii. 26 I had acquired migraine, insomnia and dyspepsia all in fair measure and had become, I was told, even more unliveable-with than usual. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1834
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