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 The problem is Will Ferrell as Lonnie Hawkins, an utter miscalculation of characterization and performance chiefly responsible for turning what could be middling comedy into an unbearable slog. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026 The patient must be in an advanced or terminal stage, experiencing pain that cannot be relieved or is unbearable, and seeking lethal medication of their own free will. — ABC News, 15 July 2026 For nearly thirty years, these families have carried the unbearable weight of loss while waiting for accountability. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026 Air conditioning saves lives when outdoor temperatures are unbearable. — Chelsea Follett, Washington Post, 14 July 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
  • His plan, scheduled for a vote at the Beach commission on Wednesday after two years of often-intense debate and revision, comes in the prosaic form of a technical zoning change.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • Criticism from the political left was, predictably, swift and intense.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of intense
Adjective
  • The Old Trails Fire – fueled by extreme fire weather conditions – has burned nearly 3,000 acres, Washington State Forester George Geissler said at a news conference Saturday, adding about 4,000 buildings are threatened in the area.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In Montana, the entire east side of the state was under an extreme heat warning Saturday, said weather service meteorologist Jeff Kitsmiller.
    — Tammy Webber, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of extreme
Adjective
  • It was reintroduced as a Winter Classic uniform in 2017, and the response was so overwhelming that the organization brought it back on a full-time basis in 2025-26.
    — The Athletic NHL Staff, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Alternatively, if Infantino could secure a Yes from every country that has never played in a single men’s World Cup, this plan would pass in overwhelming fashion.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 31 July 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
  • My scheduler needed no prompting to tell me the system was terrible.
    — Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • During that terrible season, 71% of California Dungeness boats stopped fishing and more than 200 jobs were lost.
    — Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Definition of terrible
Adjective
  • As your insufferable friend has probably already told you, all tequila is a type of mezcal, but not all mezcals are tequila.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 July 2026
  • And Johnson's insufferable comments about representation didn't help.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2026
Definition of insufferable
Adjective
  • The episode has added to a growing chorus of concern among AI safety advocates, who argue that agents capable of independently identifying and exploiting unknown vulnerabilities across multiple companies’ infrastructure present an unacceptable risk.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • Conditional approval remains a possibility for firms demonstrating no unacceptable risks.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of unacceptable

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