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
Williams and Arnaud shared an identical graphic to their respective Instagram Stories on Monday that suggested their encounters with the negative side of fan posting have become unbearable.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
How to Get Around Tulum has just one principal seaside street, meaning that during high season, traffic near the beach can be unbearable.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
Raveau said the state of the regime has made Iran unbearable to live in.
—Julia Avant, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
In the Netherlands, a young woman’s request for euthanasia on the grounds of unbearable mental suffering was approved.
—Sonja Wasden, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
How to Get Around Tulum has just one principal seaside street, meaning that during high season, traffic near the beach can be unbearable.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
Raveau said the state of the regime has made Iran unbearable to live in.
—Julia Avant, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
In the Netherlands, a young woman’s request for euthanasia on the grounds of unbearable mental suffering was approved.
—Sonja Wasden, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbearable
Adjective
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Conditions in the housing complex have been described as intolerable.—
Jerry Shnay,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Trump’s conduct since January 20 with respect to freedom of expression has indeed been intolerable.—
Aryeh Neier,
The New York Review of Books,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The strike caused an intense fire at the hospital, with footage from local television showing rescue crews combing through the wreckage with flashlights late into the night as firefighters struggled to extinguish the blaze.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
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However, the constant tension on my hair can have my curls feeling dry and in need of intense moisture.—
Catharine Malzahn,
Glamour,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Erin Lee Opponents, however, call the measure extreme and its language deceptive.—
Austen Erblat,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Scientists and researchers warn that climate change is shaping people’s daily life in increasingly extreme ways, from whiplash swings between very wet and very dry seasons to earlier springs, more frequent heat waves and shrinking snowpacks.—
Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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With that, choosing your next read can sometimes be overwhelming.—
De Elizabeth,
Glamour,
17 Mar. 2026
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Among others, the team behind Hamilton the musical, the National Park system, and the NYC Marathon have developed clever ways to fairly distribute tickets, hiking permits, and marathon bibs despite overwhelming demand.—
Alex Mayyasi,
NPR,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Apocalypse has always been an escapist fantasy in unendurable times.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2025
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Without which the last phase of my mum’s life would have been unendurable.—
Geoff Dyer,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Even if the football this summer is terrible, plenty of the teams are going to look great.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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In the 1970s-1980s, all the agricultural talk in the Mississippi Delta was whether the boll weevil would be terrible or just awful this coming fall.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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If Sydney was somewhere other than Australia, its locals would be insufferable—high on their good fortune for living in one of the world’s loveliest cities, where surfers and top chefs rub elbows at the farmers’ markets, and seemingly everyone has a water view.—
Daniel Browning,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, his perilously insecure wife, Catherine, embarks on a fling with their most insufferable neighbor.—
Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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As an occasional problem, this would merit a Disapproving Frown — which, for the record, is one step up from a Cold Stare, one step down from a Glare, and at least one step down from yelling, which is unacceptable.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2026
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That the tax sale system is unacceptable.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Unbearable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbearable. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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