unsupportable
adjective
un·sup·port·able
ˌən-sə-ˈpȯr-tə-bəl 
: unable to be supported
an unsupportable burden
an unsupportable claim
Examples of unsupportable in a Sentence
these high taxes are just unsupportable
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Remote work, low rates, and investor FOMO drove prices to unsupportable highs.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
Maryland families, already feeling the strain of rising utility bills and elevated vehicle prices, may have just dodged another expensive and unsupportable policy created by regulators nearly 3,000 miles away.
—Trent M. Kittleman, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2025
Someone in this case simply made up a novel but completely unsupportable theory.
—Peter J Reilly, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Calling for mass deportation instead of providing undocumented immigrants some clemency for their wrongdoing in light of such a history of lawbreaking and pardons involves a double standard that is morally unsupportable.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
Maryland families, already feeling the strain of rising utility bills and elevated vehicle prices, may have just dodged another expensive and unsupportable policy created by regulators nearly 3,000 miles away.
—Trent M. Kittleman, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2025
Someone in this case simply made up a novel but completely unsupportable theory.
—Peter J Reilly, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Calling for mass deportation instead of providing undocumented immigrants some clemency for their wrongdoing in light of such a history of lawbreaking and pardons involves a double standard that is morally unsupportable.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Unsupportable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsupportable. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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