livability

or live·a·bil·i·ty

[ liv-uh-bil-i-tee ]

/ ˌlɪv əˈbɪl ɪ ti /

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noun

the quality or fact of being suitable for living in:A bike-friendly community scores high in livability, which can help attract companies to settle in your area.

the quality or fact of being endurable or worth living:Attempted suicides who feel they’ve been spared for a reason—does this say something profound about the innate livability and worth of life?

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Also liv·a·ble·ness .

Origin of livability

liv(e)¹ + -ability

OTHER WORDS FROM livability

un·liv·a·bil·ity, un·liv·a·ble·ness, noun

Words nearby livability

Litvinov, litz wire, Liu Pang, Liu Shaoqi, Liuzhou, livability, livable, live, liveable, live-action, Live and learn

How to use livability in a sentence

In fact, the atmosphere makes Earth the livable, lovable home sweet home that it is.
Explainer: Our atmosphere — layer by layer|Beth Geiger|December 1, 2020|Science News For Students
There will be more jobs and cleaner air today, and a more livable climate for centuries to come.
Why we should be funding more Solyndras|Amy Nordrum|November 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Business leaders say it may take years for Melbourne — ranked as the world’s second-most livable city last year — to recover.
A city offers harsh lessons after emerging from one of the world’s longest lockdowns|Claire Zillman, reporter|October 28, 2020|Fortune
Through purchasing fair-trade cacao, we ensure the cacao farmers get the correct compensation to have a livable wage to make change back in their local communities, to global effect.
Meet Four Craft Chocolate Makers Decolonizing the Industry|Jinji Fraser|October 22, 2020|Eater

With the current state of sanitation in large parts of the world, she says we “need to radically rethink our assumptions about what healthy, livable cities look like.”
A dirty and growing problem: Too few toilets|Stephanie Parker|September 24, 2020|Science News For Students
The reason for the greater livability is that the real hatchability of the eggs is 70 per cent.
The Dollar Hen|Milo M. Hastings