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.
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ABC News,
8 June 2026
Replacing a legend, with a new number, a new scheme, same sponsors, unbearable circumstances.
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Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
6 June 2026
The thought of abandoning you became unbearable.
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Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for unbearable
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
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The thought of failure was intolerable.
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In particular, Jenna Fletcher, mom of three from the greater Philadelphia area, finds the sound of Blippi’s laugh intolerable.
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Katherine Guaramaco described the experience as one of the most intense of her life.
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The president highlighted the military operation in Iran that has proven deeply unpopular, and an immigration agenda that has provoked intense backlash.
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The extreme conditions are driven by a heat dome, a high pressure weather system that can trap heat for days, even weeks.
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That day in Redding, temperatures surged to 109 degrees, triggering an extreme heat warning for the area.
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Not to mention, the flattering waist tie and subtle side slit elevate your look ever so slightly without overwhelming, a fail-safe formula for chic European dressing.
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Lacks overwhelming physicality or highest level explosiveness, and didn't add any notable muscle mass between his freshman and sophomore seasons (175 pounds at 2025 combine and 176 at 2026 combine).
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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.
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Things grew worse that Tuesday night, and unendurable weather drove us into the plane at daybreak on Wednesday.
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The production quality was terrible.
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But in May of 1943, a terrible fire burned his studio to the ground.
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While transcribing therapy sessions, Greta becomes obsessed with one of her insufferable boss's patients, a married female Swiss gynecologist.
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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!
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If scar tissue is too severe, if prior surgeries have left the blood supply compromised, or if a patient's goals aren't achievable without unacceptable risk, proceeding could cause irreversible damage.
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Yes, Stokes’ late night out, in the context of what went on before, was unacceptable.
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“Unbearable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbearable. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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