unsupportable

adjective

un·​sup·​port·​able ˌən-sə-ˈpȯr-tə-bəl How to pronounce unsupportable (audio)
: unable to be supported
an unsupportable burden
an unsupportable claim

Examples of unsupportable in a Sentence

these high taxes are just unsupportable
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Someone in this case simply made up a novel but completely unsupportable theory. Peter J Reilly, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025 Calling for mass deportation instead of providing undocumented immigrants some clemency for their wrongdoing in light of such a history of lawbreaking and pardons involves a double standard that is morally unsupportable. Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 The collapse of real estate has impaired local government finances so thoroughly that many now face unsupportable debt obligations of their own. 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 See All Example Sentences for unsupportable

Word History

First Known Use

1586, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unsupportable was in 1586

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“Unsupportable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsupportable. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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