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
We’ve been dealt a nigh-unbearable hand when two of our communities were utterly savaged by fire.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Its research also found that workers had few safety guidelines and even less legal recourse when conditions became unbearable.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
In the summer, the heat is unbearable.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Plan gear in advance and keep a close eye on the weather, as rainstorms usher in unbearable mud and dangerous flash flooding.
—Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Its research also found that workers had few safety guidelines and even less legal recourse when conditions became unbearable.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
In the summer, the heat is unbearable.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Plan gear in advance and keep a close eye on the weather, as rainstorms usher in unbearable mud and dangerous flash flooding.
—Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unbearable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbearable
Adjective
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Yamal, who is Muslim, said the chants were disrespectful and intolerable.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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This is apparently so intolerable to the American public of the 1950s that he is chased out of a radio station after airing his views, whiskey bottle in hand.—
Alice Kaplan,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Finally, consistent physical activity is more important than intense exercise.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
8 Apr. 2026
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The songs on the last few Bon Iver albums often sound like excerpts from a longer dialogue, at turns offhanded and intense, among collaborators.—
Mitch Therieau,
Pitchfork,
8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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But that was extreme, that was a different level.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Say goodbye to back pain and sore muscles with the Chirp Wheel XR 3-Pack, your at-home toolkit for extreme relief.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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But voters renewed the tax with overwhelming support in past elections and did so again on Tuesday.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
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The sheer area of the ocean that could be harmed by drilling is also overwhelming.—
Kristen Monsell,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Apr. 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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At that point, something terrible, something on the scale of the Maidan protests in Ukraine in 2014, is not inconceivable.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Between some horrendous screw-ups, terrible decision-making, and some plain old bad luck, their situation, and that of their mother, Linda Morelli (Laurie Metcalf), who is running for mayor, only gets worse.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Season one Kyle Cooke, Carl Radke, and Lindsay’s insufferable ex Everett Weston were hotter than the Hamptons asphalt.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2026
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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
Adjective
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Killing dogs in the street became increasingly unacceptable, and rabies vaccines became available.—
Rachel Sugar,
Curbed,
8 Apr. 2026
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To Hafley, that’s unacceptable.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Unbearable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbearable. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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