unsurvivable
Cannot be endured
Unsurvivable describes something that cannot be survived—a situation, injury, or event so severe that death is the expected outcome.
The word appears in medical contexts an unsurvivable head wound and in descriptions of catastrophic scenarios an unsurvivable nuclear exchange.
Figuratively, it can describe social or professional situations felt to be utterly ruinous: The scandal seemed unsurvivable at the time.
Causing death or ruin
- deathCessation of life
- mortalityState of eventual death
- perishCease to exist
- demiseCessation of existence
doom · fatality · extinction · annihilation · obliteration · eradication · decimation · destruction
Causing or capable of death
- deadlyAble to cause expiration
- inhospitableUnwelcoming, harsh to visitors
- uninhabitableUnfit for residence
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
toxic · harsh · brutal · severe · unforgiving · merciless · relentless · extreme
Destined for destruction
- hopelessBeyond possibility of success
- futileIncapable of producing results
- lostUnable to navigate
- irreversibleCannot be undone
inescapable · inevitable · sealed fate · no chance · unrescuable · irredeemable · terminal · grim
fatal
Causing death or ruin
demise · doom · fatality · extinction · annihilation · obliteration · eradication · decimation · destruction · end
lethal
Causing or capable of death
- deadlyAble to cause expiration
- inhospitableUnwelcoming, harsh to visitors
- uninhabitableUnfit for residence
hostile · toxic · harsh · brutal · severe · unforgiving · merciless · relentless · extreme · forbidding
doomed
Destined for destruction
irreversible · inescapable · inevitable · sealed fate · no chance · unrescuable · irredeemable · terminal · grim · dire
unsurvivablesurvivable
Capable of being outlasted
non-fatal · non-lethal · livable · endurable · recoverable
survive, survival, surviving, survivor, survived, survivors, survivable, survivorship, survivability