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 aim, according to Israeli cabinet officials, was to make life unbearable for Gaza’s two million citizens to force Hamas to accept Israeli demands in talks on a cease-fire extension.
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Boyd Van Dijk, Foreign Affairs, 30 Apr. 2025
The pressure was enormous, overwhelming, and unbearable at times.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2025
There are better, more strategic ways to respond when work starts to feel unbearable.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Rogers, 32, told Newsweek that losing her partner in 2020 was unbearable.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
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Boyd Van Dijk, Foreign Affairs, 30 Apr. 2025
The pressure was enormous, overwhelming, and unbearable at times.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2025
There are better, more strategic ways to respond when work starts to feel unbearable.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Rogers, 32, told Newsweek that losing her partner in 2020 was unbearable.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbearable
Adjective
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That is well under the 50 mg level that is intolerable to people with celiac’s disease.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
5 May 2025
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Moscow invaded in 2014 and then again in 2022 to stop Kyiv's move westward, and said Ukraine's ambitions to join NATO were an intolerable security threat.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Without which the last phase of my mum’s life would have been unendurable.—
Geoff Dyer,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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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
Adjective
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In the game, the station is in the bright sunlight, and the subway tunnel experience takes a lot longer, and isn’t quite as intense.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
5 May 2025
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And, George, Elon Musk told reporters this week it's been a very intense 100 days.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2025
Adjective
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Keeping the flow of her releases steady, but not overwhelming, has been instrumental in allowing Latto to maintain this sense of confidence and control.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
16 May 2025
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Starting from zero can be overwhelming, but many of today’s top digital brands began with no funding, no audience and no fancy tools.—
Tony Pec,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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Thriving after having faced extreme adversity is core to Marine Electric Systems culture, and to the US Navy itself.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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And portions of Lake, Volusia and Marion counties were labeled with extreme drought, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s weekly drought monitor.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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Aliyah Mastin is perfect as Presley Collins who is one of the more realistic and relatable teen girls on TV, unlike her insufferable predecessors like Homeland’s Dana Brody or The American’s Paige Jennings.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
refinery29.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Not the most memorable, but Myers’s flail-laughing at his own insufferable jokes remains a pretty funny encapsulation of Musk’s self-satisfied riffing.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
9 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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There are people of goodwill who think the way out of this insupportable situation lies in the fight for equal democratic rights in a single state for everyone living in the territory between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.—
Michelle Goldberg,
The Mercury News,
14 Mar. 2024
Adjective
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Transgender kids, especially under the current president, are facing terrible rights losses and bigotry.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2025
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Such legislation is meant to destabilize Pakistan’s internal politics, which is in no one’s interests, except those who promoted such a terrible idea in the first place.—
Christopher Shays,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2025
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“Unbearable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbearable. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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