unsupportable
adjective
un·sup·port·able
ˌən-sə-ˈpȯr-tə-bəl 
: unable to be supported
an unsupportable burden
an unsupportable claim
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Examples of unsupportable in a Sentence
these high taxes are just unsupportable
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The collapse of real estate has impaired local government finances so thoroughly that many now face unsupportable debt obligations of their own.
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Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
That would in effect make ownership of stocks unsupportable by the rich and this of course would end up crushing all those Americans hoping their stock portfolio will be the source of a happy retirement.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
The complex math behind screening befuddled the researchers’ attempts to assess whether screening helped people live longer, leading to unsupportable conclusions.
—Peter B. Bach, STAT, 7 Sep. 2023
Due to their leadership, the company had a terrible, unsupportable business plan and compounded those issues by hiring an unsustainable workforce of 700 people.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 May 2023
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Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
That would in effect make ownership of stocks unsupportable by the rich and this of course would end up crushing all those Americans hoping their stock portfolio will be the source of a happy retirement.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
The complex math behind screening befuddled the researchers’ attempts to assess whether screening helped people live longer, leading to unsupportable conclusions.
—Peter B. Bach, STAT, 7 Sep. 2023
Due to their leadership, the company had a terrible, unsupportable business plan and compounded those issues by hiring an unsustainable workforce of 700 people.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 May 2023
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“Unsupportable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsupportable. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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