unbearable

adjective

ˌən-ˈber-ə-bəl How to pronounce unbearable (audio)
Definition of unbearablenext
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 Nicole says that as an adult, her brother faced unbearable tragedy when one of his children died. — Edie Peffley, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2026 To this day, the putrid, offensive odor coming from the tens of millions of pounds of rotting food in the warehouse is unbearable for families. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026 Across Minnesota — in small towns and lake communities, on farms and in cities — families are facing the same unbearable loss. — Marcus Schmit, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2026 Kikuko found the noise from next door especially unbearable in summer. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unbearable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbearable
  1. intolerable
  2. intense
  3. extreme
  4. overwhelming
  5. unendurable
  6. terrible
  7. insufferable
  8. unacceptable
Adjective
  • Indeed, major infrastructure reforms are more likely to happen because the status quo is intolerable than because someone diligently explained the benefits.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 25 July 2026
  • Gérald Marie potentially raped dozens of young women between the 1980s and the 2000s, acting with a sense of total impunity and within an utterly intolerable culture of rape.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
Definition of intolerable
Adjective
  • These could include intense earthquake swarms, rapid ground deformation, changing gas emissions, and unusual heat flow.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Footage aired by local media showed massive flames and fireballs erupting from the tank, with black and orange smoke rising in the sky as firefighters spray what appears to be foam or water in efforts to quench the intense fire.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of intense
Adjective
  • Madrid asked everyone involved to move with extreme discretion.
    — Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • This problem is anticipated to worsen as more AI providers adopt watermarking, creating a fertile environment for scams and deception, thus users are urged to exercise extreme caution.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of extreme
Adjective
  • The stakes feel enormous while the philanthropic landscape feels overwhelming.
    — Nick Allardice, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
  • To an outsider who isn’t used to this tempo, city life can feel overwhelming and a lack of human connection can lead to loneliness against this massive concrete backdrop.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of overwhelming
Adjective
  • 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
  • Apocalypse has always been an escapist fantasy in unendurable times.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 May 2025
Definition of unendurable
Adjective
  • That Crowley came from behind to win was a testament to Evers’ grit and determination to keep the nomination from Hong, whom Evers said was unlikely to win in November, and to how terrible of a campaigner Hong turned out to be in the home stretch.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Although the Constitution requires congressional involvement in war-making, Trump like Nixon disdained that mandate with terrible consequences.
    — Elizabeth Holtzman, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of terrible
Adjective
  • Imagine the ripe smell of swamp-wet dogs, the acrid stench of overheated, enraged bear, the slippery warm blood of pack members already lost; the simply insufferable noise and confusion in that dank little hole.
    — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Every thing about Mysaria has also been insufferable this season.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of insufferable
Adjective
  • Still, only 28% of readers said that AI use is unacceptable in all of the circumstances presented by the survey.
    — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Intervene Intervene means several signals—or one sufficiently consequential event—indicate probable deterioration or unacceptable outcomes.
    — Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of unacceptable

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