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 If the noise is making a flight, train ride, or restaurant visit genuinely unbearable, ask an employee to intervene rather than escalating the interaction yourself, Del Valle Rose suggests. — Angela Haupt, Time, 17 Aug. 2026 Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe are fearless in Robert Eggers’s black-and-white nightmare about two people who learn that nothing is scarier than being trapped with someone unbearable. — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2026 For nearly two months, families in Boyle Heights have lived with unbearable odors, flies and pests, truck traffic, uncertainty, and disruption to their homes, businesses, and daily lives. — City News Service, Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026 An unbearable heat hangs over a world ravaged by climate change, where crime dominates everyday life. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 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
  • The retail offering was oversubscribed 5,500 times, underscoring intense investor demand for the profitable company, which shipped 5,500 humanoids in 2025.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • That points to the conclusion that the pain for Main Street is likely to remain intense for the foreseeable future, even as Wall Street continues to prosper.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 18 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
  • Ruiz felt aggrieved at having these unendurable encounters constantly visited on him.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of unendurable
Adjective
  • That is not saying that her kids are terrible, lazy, ugly, addicted to TikTok, or caught shoplifting at Brandy Melville.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The arena isn’t terrible but is below average by NHL standards.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 19 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
  • Custard said, for the public, all this adds up to unacceptable risk.
    — Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But to build a web of accusations based on false premises and the manipulation of reality in order to attack the Biennale and a film invited to compete is a petty and unacceptable act.
    — John Bleasdale, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of unacceptable

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