unendurable

adjective

un·en·dur·able ˌən-in-ˈdu̇r-ə-bəl

-ˈdyu̇r-,

-en-

Synonyms of unendurable next

: too unpleasant, painful, or difficult to accept or endure : not endurable : unbearable

unendurable suffering

… periods of unendurable stress and desperation.—

Oliver Sacks

unendurably

ˌən-in-ˈdu̇r-ə-blē

-ˈdyu̇r-

-en-

adverb

an unendurably boring speech

unendurableness noun

Examples of unendurable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Hélène finds the awkward response of her social circle unendurable; people mean well, but are terrified of saying the wrong thing. —

Catherine Bray, Variety, 4 Oct. 2023 How to endure the unendurable? —

Eric Weiner, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2020 Even so, the suspense will be almost unendurable. —

Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021 Only then will Turkey be able to rebuild, not just in the physical sense but in the way someone rebuilds mental and emotional capacities after a long and increasingly unendurable incarceration. —

Christopher De Bellaigue, The New York Review of Books, 16 Mar. 2023 Long-lasting peace is unendurable to human beings, and tidal waves of disturbance have to be created in this state of peace... —

Guest Blogger, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2013 The heat is unendurable, the work exhausting and deadly. —

Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2022 When all of these ameliorations were completed, and the unendurable pain was relieved, the German broke into shamelessly grateful sobs. —

Cynthia Ozick, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2022 Her characters might suffer from a great many maladies but none more soul-draining than aesthetic poverty, none more unendurable than grayscale lives. —

Amy Brady, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2022 See More

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