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
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Partner with the Jewish community, not only in mourning, but in steadfast determination to build a world where antisemitism is intolerable.—
Laurence Milstein,
Sun Sentinel,
4 June 2025
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Rios uses his voice and distinctive facial expressions to reveal both the noble and the intolerable facets of Oscar’s personality.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
24 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
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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
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Moster has long been a target of intense scorn in the Orthodox world.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
24 June 2025
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Beijing is also working to draw Europe closer as the continent faces intense pressure from Washington; for example, China has lifted sanctions on members of the European Parliament and dangled other concessions ahead of an EU-Chinese summit scheduled for July 2025.—
Oriana Skylar Mastro,
Foreign Affairs,
24 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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Oklahoma City, the overwhelming favorite coming into these finals, has been shoved up against a wall by the underdog Pacers.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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The former teacher is also charged with taking indecent photographs of a child, distributing indecent photographs of a child, possessing indecent pseudo images of a child and possession of an extreme pornographic image, the office said.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
17 June 2025
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Eric Dane is prepared to go to extreme measures to fight ALS.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2025
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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
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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 1 Jul. 2025.
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