as in intolerable
more than can be put up with
this heat is unbearable—when are we going to get air-conditioning?
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Recent Examples of unbearable
The choice to end one’s life should never be taken lightly, but the reality is that people who are suffering from terminal illnesses are often in unbearable pain.
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Tony Ray, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
If you’ve been hurt before—through rejection, betrayal or emotional invalidation—exposing your emotions again can seem unbearable.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Merit’s day-to-day and intertwining troubles provide a comforting indie-film blanket for the audience, reminiscent of any coming-of-age story where the hero endures minor mishaps while escaping the unbearable.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025
They are each flanked by a best friend: Lowe is saddled with a nearly unbearable James Belushi, while Moore gets prickly Elizabeth Perkins as her former roommate.
—Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
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Tony Ray, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
If you’ve been hurt before—through rejection, betrayal or emotional invalidation—exposing your emotions again can seem unbearable.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Merit’s day-to-day and intertwining troubles provide a comforting indie-film blanket for the audience, reminiscent of any coming-of-age story where the hero endures minor mishaps while escaping the unbearable.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025
They are each flanked by a best friend: Lowe is saddled with a nearly unbearable James Belushi, while Moore gets prickly Elizabeth Perkins as her former roommate.
—Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbearable
Adjective
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Constructive dismissal occurs when an employee considers resigning due to an employer’s actions that make the work environment intolerable, effectively forcing the employee to quit even though they haven’t been formally fired.—
Jasmine Browley,
Essence,
19 Mar. 2025
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Over a two-year span, the two companies poured nearly $1.2 million into the alliance’s public relations efforts, purchasing newspaper ads, billboard space and glossy mailers warning that the project would bring intolerable traffic and 20 years of construction.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The best among us rarely know what to say, how to look, how to be there for a friend who is enduring something unendurable.—
Amanda Nguyen,
TIME,
3 Mar. 2025
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Promises her who knows what, seeing that she’s got to drink herself to oblivion constantly and choke down pills for her unendurable pain.—
Christian Kracht,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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After the match finished in a 1-1 draw, Ferguson and West Ham’s unused substitutions had an intense running session on the Goodison Park pitch with a backroom staff member.—
Roshane Thomas,
The Athletic,
20 Mar. 2025
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An intense look at the world of competitive bodybuilding and remake of a Argentine thriller top our roundup of this week’s new films.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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For Damon, there’s at least one reason why the messages can be so overwhelming for some of the Wayans.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Now, though, four weeks on and after two further major meetings of European leaders, the overwhelming sense is that of a process inexorably slowing down.—
Andrew Carey,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Temperature Painting during extreme cold or extreme heat can compromise the paint.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Mar. 2025
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These conditions will lead to extreme fire behavior!—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Unless your dad was a soccer guy, in which case: Congratulations on being an insufferable weirdo.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The dude has been knocked down by waves, face-planted while calling challenges, and conducted Tribal Council in both downpours and insufferable heat.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Conservatives and Republicans in Congress continue to claim that the cost of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits is an insupportable burden on America, so benefits need to be cut, though President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to preserve entitlements like Social Security and Medicare.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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Unless the distress among the German people should become insupportable, any sudden advance movement on their part that relied on force would be doomed to failure without armed support and assistance from outside.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Dec. 2011
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The boys now harbor a terrible secret of their own.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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But the point is, every team has a few terrible losses in the course of a season.—
Josh Yohe,
The Athletic,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Unbearable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbearable. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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