Synonyms of unsupportable

unsupportable

adjective

ˌən-sə-ˈpȯr-tə-bəl 

as in unbearable

more than can be put up with

these high taxes are just unsupportable

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unbearable
• insupportable
• intolerable
• extreme
• intense
• unendurable
• overwhelming
• insufferable
• unacceptable
• harsh
• terrible
• painful
• obnoxious
• uncomfortable
• crushing
• horrible
• appalling
• disgusting
• vile
• sickening
• horrifying
• torturous
• shocking
• acute
• dreadful
• gruesome
• repugnant
• nightmarish
• horrid
• repulsive
• odious
• loathsome
• horrendous
• offensive
• excruciating
• distasteful
• harrowing
• revolting
• heinous
• wretched
• piercing
• noxious
• hard
• nauseating
• unspeakable
• comfortless
• tormenting
• grewsome

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• supportable
• sustainable
• tolerable
• acceptable
• livable
• endurable
• reasonable
• adequate
• sufferable
• satisfactory
• allowable
• admissible
• liveable

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unsupportable

That would in effect make ownership of stocks unsupportable by the rich and this of course would end up crushing all those Americans hoping their stock portfolio will be the source of a happy retirement. —Clem Chambers, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024

The complex math behind screening befuddled the researchers’ attempts to assess whether screening helped people live longer, leading to unsupportable conclusions. —Peter B. Bach, STAT, 7 Sep. 2023

Due to their leadership, the company had a terrible, unsupportable business plan and compounded those issues by hiring an unsustainable workforce of 700 people. —Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 May 2023

The judiciary is not going to rescue parents from the Left’s abuse of scholastic instruction through means that ought to be anathema to constitutional conservatives regardless: a federal judicial diktat based on an unsupportable reading of free-speech principles. —Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 25 Oct. 2021