UNSUPPORTABLE Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

unsupportable

adjective

ˌən-sə-ˈpȯr-tə-bəl

Definition of unsupportable next

as in unbearable

more than can be put up with these high taxes are just unsupportable

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Recent Examples of unsupportable Maryland families, already feeling the strain of rising utility bills and elevated vehicle prices, may have just dodged another expensive and unsupportable policy created by regulators nearly 3,000 miles away. —

Trent M. Kittleman, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2025 Someone in this case simply made up a novel but completely unsupportable theory. —

Peter J Reilly, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025 Calling for mass deportation instead of providing undocumented immigrants some clemency for their wrongdoing in light of such a history of lawbreaking and pardons involves a double standard that is morally unsupportable. —

Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 19 Dec. 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 See All Example Sentences for unsupportable

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsupportable

unbearable

Adjective

Raveau said the state of the regime has made Iran unbearable to live in.

— Julia Avant, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
In the Netherlands, a young woman’s request for euthanasia on the grounds of unbearable mental suffering was approved.

— Sonja Wasden, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026