intolerable
adjective
in·tol·er·a·ble
(ˌ)in-ˈtä-lə-rə-bəl 
-ˈtäl-rə-,
-ˈtä-lər-bəl
1
: not tolerable : unbearable
intolerable pain
2
Examples of intolerable in a Sentence
She divorced him on the grounds of intolerable cruelty.
this stifling heat is intolerable
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Yet if the Putin-Trump deal is intolerable to the government and people of Ukraine, the country will have to.
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Mick Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2025
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—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025
Doctors warned my wife that her treatment would be brutal: Her five weekly radiation doses over two months would burn her skin, probably make swallowing food and water intolerable and potentially damage her salivary glands for years or even the rest of her life.
—Paul Thornton, Twin Cities, 14 Jan. 2025
Yet the current situation of Hamas governing 2 million individuals, oppressing and shooting them over trivial matters, is equally intolerable.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
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Mick Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2025
Canada is retaliating, auto industry will suffer While China has yet to retaliate to defend such retailers, for Canada, the tariffs are considered so intolerable that the country immediately ordered tariffs on beverages, cosmetics, and paper products flowing from the US, AP News reported.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025
Doctors warned my wife that her treatment would be brutal: Her five weekly radiation doses over two months would burn her skin, probably make swallowing food and water intolerable and potentially damage her salivary glands for years or even the rest of her life.
—Paul Thornton, Twin Cities, 14 Jan. 2025
Yet the current situation of Hamas governing 2 million individuals, oppressing and shooting them over trivial matters, is equally intolerable.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Intolerable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intolerable. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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intolerable
adjective
in·tol·er·a·ble
(ˈ)in-ˈtäl-(ə-)rə-bəl
-ˈtäl-ər-bəl
: not tolerable : unbearable
intolerable pain
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