unendurable

un·en·dur·able | \ ˌən-in-ˈdu̇r-ə-bəl

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, -ˈdyu̇r-, -en- \

Definition of unendurable

: too unpleasant, painful, or difficult to accept or endure : not endurable : unbearable unendurable suffering … periods of unendurable stress and desperation.— Oliver Sacks

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Recent Examples on the Web At that moment, the thought of renouncing the consolation of getting tipsy seemed unendurable. — Susan Gubar, New York Times, "Raising a Glass to Chronic Disease," 10 Mar. 2020 Widows are supporting families gutted by losses that once seemed unendurable, and that the world now treats as routine. — Hwaida Saad, BostonGlobe.com, "Finding freedom in a Syria of ever fewer men," 19 Jan. 2020 President Bush was irrelevant to the indictment but faced an unendurable weekend of hostile press. — C. Boyden Gray, WSJ, "Bush’s Proud Domestic Legacy," 4 Dec. 2018 To feel the net of the law closing in on him slowly—the stress must have been absolutely unendurable. — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, "The True Story of “A Very English Scandal” and the Trials of a Closeted Gay Politician," 27 June 2018 Their ability to endure the seemingly unendurable is simply amazing. — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, "Why this Kentucky plant is the 'Manolo Blahniks' of the garden world," 22 June 2018 An unnamed actor played by Nicolas Duvauchelle, this one has it all—narcissism, fatuousness, self-doubt and a gift for talking about himself at unendurable length. — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, "‘Let the Sunshine In’ Review: The Infinite Allure of Mr. Wrong," 26 Apr. 2018 His cotton manuscript gloves left no one in any doubt that Spitalfields was unendurable to anyone of refinement. — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, "Read an excerpt from Luna author Ian McDonald’s heartbreaking new time-travel romance," 31 Mar. 2018 Not because the parallels between that fiction and her fact would be unendurable. — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, "Three Billboards Outside Memphis: Lorenzen Wright's Mother Seeks Justice," 27 Feb. 2018

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“Unendurable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unendurable. Accessed 27 May. 2020.

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