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
Wood found his high school history education unbearable, suffering through classes in which the teacher simply read from a textbook.
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Hillel Italie, Fortune, 9 June 2026
Wood found his high school history education unbearable, suffering through classes in which the teacher simply read from a textbook.
—ABC News, 8 June 2026
Replacing a legend, with a new number, a new scheme, same sponsors, unbearable circumstances.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2026
The thought of abandoning you became unbearable.
—Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
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Hillel Italie, Fortune, 9 June 2026
Wood found his high school history education unbearable, suffering through classes in which the teacher simply read from a textbook.
—ABC News, 8 June 2026
Replacing a legend, with a new number, a new scheme, same sponsors, unbearable circumstances.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2026
The thought of abandoning you became unbearable.
—Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for unbearable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbearable
Adjective
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In particular, Jenna Fletcher, mom of three from the greater Philadelphia area, finds the sound of Blippi’s laugh intolerable.—
Parents,
Parents,
16 June 2026
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The court said the distress lasts for one to three minutes, a timeframe that’s intolerable under the Constitution.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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Being in the C-suite is a high-pressure job with long hours, board responsibilities, and intense scrutiny.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
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Within the hour, all firefighters were called off the roof and out of the building because of the danger posed by the intense flames and the ammonia leak.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
Adjective
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After the game, the team were addressed by a group of government officials who, according to Ilunga at least, threatened them with extreme consequences if things went really badly in their game against Brazil.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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After all the angst about traffic, high ticket prices, long security lines and extreme heat, stadium operations ran relatively smoothly.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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Consider the overwhelming scenes of thousands of Argentines in Mill Creek Park and the Crossroads Arts District on Monday night, the greeting for the English team at Swope Park and the Netherlands in Riverside and beyond.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
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Her grief may be overwhelming and making her current situation even worse.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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Translation, in this sense, becomes the resort of the distant: those of us who must busy ourselves because helplessness is otherwise unendurable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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Things grew worse that Tuesday night, and unendurable weather drove us into the plane at daybreak on Wednesday.—
Ben East,
Outdoor Life,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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This is Conolly’s Folly, built in 1740 at the height of a terrible famine.—
Amelia Soth,
JSTOR Daily,
18 June 2026
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The heroes who save us from these awful, terrible music haters do so with force.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
Adjective
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While transcribing therapy sessions, Greta becomes obsessed with one of her insufferable boss's patients, a married female Swiss gynecologist.—
Caroline Killilea,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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Of course, the result is these insufferable, time-consuming, deep pitch counts and boring walks, given the throwers are unable to hit the strike zone!—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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Warsh called that unacceptable and kept saying so.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
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This proposal is utterly unacceptable.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 June 2026
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“Unbearable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbearable. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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