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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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
Satrapi was nine when Khomeini came to power and found the restrictions imposed by the regime of the Islamic Republic unbearable.
—News Desk, Artforum, 4 June 2026
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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
Satrapi was nine when Khomeini came to power and found the restrictions imposed by the regime of the Islamic Republic unbearable.
—News Desk, Artforum, 4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbearable
Adjective
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The thought of failure was intolerable.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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By any measure, Bumpers warned, the import fee was intolerable.—
Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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Thanks to more than 200 years of intense and virtuoso scientific work, what were once valid or at least plausible concerns and objections to vaccines have been overcome.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Whether Tuchel will, in fact, be able to produce a more intense high-pressing style this summer, given the climate and the dense schedule, is another matter.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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However, rather than moving in any extreme direction, Korkmaz said the Turkish mill is seeing demand for realistic pieces combined with stronger finishes, bolder aesthetics and more attitude.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
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Trump has opened our eyes to the consequences of extreme greed, corruption, cruelty, and utter disregard for the Constitution and the rule of law.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
9 June 2026
Adjective
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From there, experimenting with one new ingredient per week — farro, barley, artichokes — makes the transition feel manageable rather than overwhelming.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 June 2026
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The case exposes a flood of cheaply made, often fraudulent AI tracks on major streaming platforms, siphoning royalties, overwhelming detection systems and blurring the line between fan remix and scam.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
Adjective
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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
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Apocalypse has always been an escapist fantasy in unendurable times.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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In 2012, a powerful quake visited terrible damage on the city of Modena, Bottura’s home and host to his restaurant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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The letter writer’s cousin has cancer, and the chemo gives her terrible side effects.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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That was an appropriate response by Rockies fans when the Rockies mercifully moved on from futile general manager Bill Geivett and insufferable team president Greg Feasel.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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When the nation tunes in for, at best, the intrigue of watching this seemingly unprecedented player, to, at worst, hate-watching the Knicks en route to either insufferable triumph or schadenfreude-laden failure?—
Dan Shanoff,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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The third strand of anti-vaccine advocacy, that compelling vaccine use is unacceptable, is a philosophical claim, not one of fact.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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There is, of course, Itaewon, which is historically more associated with foreigners and other outsiders, where all who are deemed unacceptable are accepted.—
Anton Hur,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 June 2026
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“Unbearable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbearable. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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