as in endurable
capable of being endured
the pain from a sprained ankle is annoying but bearable
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Recent Examples of bearable
My time away for college had been bearable, permissible.
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Hazlitt, 2 Apr. 2025
New prisons and jails should consider design principles that would make living in them, however temporarily, as bearable and undisruptive as possible by focusing on creating rehabilitative conditions.
—Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 7 Mar. 2025
This could make the group friendship and text chain more bearable.
—Eric Thomas, Baltimore Sun, 9 Mar. 2025
Byrne said such a move may be more bearable for consumers because it's assumed the surcharge is a temporary increase.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2025
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Hazlitt, 2 Apr. 2025
New prisons and jails should consider design principles that would make living in them, however temporarily, as bearable and undisruptive as possible by focusing on creating rehabilitative conditions.
—Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 7 Mar. 2025
This could make the group friendship and text chain more bearable.
—Eric Thomas, Baltimore Sun, 9 Mar. 2025
Byrne said such a move may be more bearable for consumers because it's assumed the surcharge is a temporary increase.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bearable
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“Bearable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bearable. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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