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
An extra heavy burden to bear atop an already unbearable one.
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 30 May 2025
The law is working exactly as intended — helping people facing unbearable suffering to die on their own terms, with dignity and autonomy.
—Christie Golemb, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, stepped back as senior royals in 2020, citing the unbearable intrusions of the British press and a lack of support from the palace.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2025
Once the summer months arrive in the South, so does the unbearable humidity.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 13 June 2025
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 30 May 2025
The law is working exactly as intended — helping people facing unbearable suffering to die on their own terms, with dignity and autonomy.
—Christie Golemb, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, stepped back as senior royals in 2020, citing the unbearable intrusions of the British press and a lack of support from the palace.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2025
Once the summer months arrive in the South, so does the unbearable humidity.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbearable
Adjective
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Our collective disregard for the wellbeing of immigrants has prevented these human rights abuses from taking up too much room in our nation’s conscience and prevented us from addressing the intolerable behavior of immigration enforcement officers.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
26 June 2025
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Trump sees the burden on American taxpayers of military aid to Ukraine and the vast loss of life as intolerable.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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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
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The best among us rarely know what to say, how to look, how to be there for a friend who is enduring something unendurable.—
Amanda Nguyen,
TIME,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Drilling defense: Every day at practice, the Broncos execute intense, one-on-one, full-court defensive slide drills.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2025
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The wine is a dark ruby featuring an intense bouquet of blackberry, cherry liqueur, and cedar.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Aside from Howard Hughes, Enzo Ferrari was Mann’s white whale: a fastidious man who was excellent at his job and attempted to bury—yet was consumed by—overwhelming emotional torment.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
20 June 2025
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Indie Animation Finds Its Footing Despite the often overwhelming Hollywood presence, Annecy’s programming carved out space for independent, international and experimental work.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
20 June 2025
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Whether the Ferriers are on foot or in a car, the director choreographs spectacular carnage around them, a visceral cocktail of alien death rays turning their victims to dust, or city infrastructure being demolished with extreme prejudice.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
29 June 2025
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The evidence is overwhelming that links extreme heat and air pollution to climate change.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2025
Adjective
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The play imagines what would happen if President Lincoln's assassination wasn't exactly a bad thing for his insufferable wife.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
18 June 2025
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Bill Ackman, an insufferable hedge fund person, is not the person who should be making peace here but that's just my opinion.—
Steve Inskeep,
NPR,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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Conservatives and Republicans in Congress continue to claim that the cost of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits is an insupportable burden on America, so benefits need to be cut, though President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to preserve entitlements like Social Security and Medicare.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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There are people of goodwill who think the way out of this insupportable situation lies in the fight for equal democratic rights in a single state for everyone living in the territory between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.—
Michelle Goldberg,
The Mercury News,
14 Mar. 2024
Adjective
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Rarely great, and consistently cringey in that NHL way we’re used to by now, but rarely terrible.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Gi-hun is left with a terrible choice: kill the baby and survive, or sacrifice himself so that the baby can live.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
27 June 2025
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“Unbearable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbearable. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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