unendurable
adjective
un·en·dur·able
ˌən-in-ˈdu̇r-ə-bəl 
-ˈdyu̇r-,
-en-
: too unpleasant, painful, or difficult to accept or endure : not endurable : unbearable
unendurable suffering
… periods of unendurable stress and desperation.—
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unendurableness
noun
Examples of unendurable in a Sentence
people used to travel along this stretch of the highway by night so as to avoid the unendurable heat of the day
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Things grew worse that Tuesday night, and unendurable weather drove us into the plane at daybreak on Wednesday.
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Without which the last phase of my mum’s life would have been unendurable.
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Ben East, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
Apocalypse has always been an escapist fantasy in unendurable times.
—Literary Hub, 14 May 2025
Without which the last phase of my mum’s life would have been unendurable.
—Geoff Dyer, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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
See All Example Sentences for unendurable
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“Unendurable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unendurable. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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