unsupportable

adjective

un·​sup·​port·​able ˌən-sə-ˈpȯr-tə-bəl 

: unable to be supported

an unsupportable burden

an unsupportable claim

Synonyms

• insufferable
• insupportable
• intolerable
• unbearable
• unendurable

Examples of unsupportable in a Sentence

these high taxes are just unsupportable

Recent Examples on the Web

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

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

Word History

First Known Use

1586, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unsupportable

• deportable
• exportable
• reportable
• supportable
• transportable
• insupportable
• portable