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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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
Satrapi was nine when Khomeini came to power and found the restrictions imposed by the regime of the Islamic Republic unbearable.
—News Desk, Artforum, 4 June 2026
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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
Satrapi was nine when Khomeini came to power and found the restrictions imposed by the regime of the Islamic Republic unbearable.
—News Desk, Artforum, 4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbearable
Adjective
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The thought of failure was intolerable.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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By any measure, Bumpers warned, the import fee was intolerable.—
Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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Thanks to more than 200 years of intense and virtuoso scientific work, what were once valid or at least plausible concerns and objections to vaccines have been overcome.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Whether Tuchel will, in fact, be able to produce a more intense high-pressing style this summer, given the climate and the dense schedule, is another matter.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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After the game, the team were addressed by a group of government officials who, according to Ilunga at least, threatened them with extreme consequences if things went really badly in their game against Brazil.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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After all the angst about traffic, high ticket prices, long security lines and extreme heat, stadium operations ran relatively smoothly.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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Consider the overwhelming scenes of thousands of Argentines in Mill Creek Park and the Crossroads Arts District on Monday night, the greeting for the English team at Swope Park and the Netherlands in Riverside and beyond.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
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Her grief may be overwhelming and making her current situation even worse.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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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.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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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
Adjective
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In 2012, a powerful quake visited terrible damage on the city of Modena, Bottura’s home and host to his restaurant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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The letter writer’s cousin has cancer, and the chemo gives her terrible side effects.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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While transcribing therapy sessions, Greta becomes obsessed with one of her insufferable boss's patients, a married female Swiss gynecologist.—
Caroline Killilea,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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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!—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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The third strand of anti-vaccine advocacy, that compelling vaccine use is unacceptable, is a philosophical claim, not one of fact.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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There is, of course, Itaewon, which is historically more associated with foreigners and other outsiders, where all who are deemed unacceptable are accepted.—
Anton Hur,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 June 2026
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“Unbearable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbearable. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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