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
There’s also the unbearable guilt when people who trusted your vision end up bearing the consequences.
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David Ko, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The noise can be close to unbearable, said Steve Ruprecht, of Delray Beach.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2025
Regardless, Guralnick makes the case that Elvis’ decline caused Parker an almost unbearable amount of pain.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 7 Aug. 2025
And sometimes the costs of those mistakes and sacrifices seem downright unbearable.
—Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2025
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David Ko, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The noise can be close to unbearable, said Steve Ruprecht, of Delray Beach.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2025
Regardless, Guralnick makes the case that Elvis’ decline caused Parker an almost unbearable amount of pain.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 7 Aug. 2025
And sometimes the costs of those mistakes and sacrifices seem downright unbearable.
—Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbearable
Adjective
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Anything that would be satisfactory to Ukraine, in terms of its own security, is intolerable to Russia, and contradicts why Putin launched this invasion in the first place.—
Ian Crouch,
New Yorker,
19 Aug. 2025
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These dependencies are intolerable if the U.S. is to protect its own economic and national security interests.—
Jane Swift,
Fortune,
6 Aug. 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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The dog days of summer brought intense heat to the Volunteer State, including a nearly month-long streak of 90-degree days in July, the fifth longest in Nashville’s history, said the weather service.—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
23 Aug. 2025
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In July, intense rains inundated the Phoenix area, flooding roadways and leaving drivers stranded.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The Whitecaps are 78-35 with similar overwhelming offense, A trio of 20-year-olds, Clark, McGonigle and Josue Briceno, lead the way.—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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While that can be true, too much of anything can be overwhelming.—
Jessi Chad,
Kansas City Star,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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First, overdose deaths are one extreme measure of a much bigger issue.—
Lipi Roy,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Porter defended the Park Service response to the fire and blamed its expansion on dynamic and extreme weather conditions.—
Stephanie Murray,
AZCentral.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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His belly was large, his arms were small, and his hugs were insufferable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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That leaves just Miranda and Brady at the apartment when his baby-mama-to-be Mia arrives with her two insufferable Gen Z friends, Silvio and Epcot.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
14 Aug. 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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Whether your team is in the middle of a winning run or mired in terrible form, five minutes looking at the standings can convince you that a hundred different futures are possible.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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While the latter is known for its legendarily terrible English localization, both of these were highly innovative horizontal scrolling shmups for their time.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Unbearable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbearable. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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