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as in unbearable
more than can be put up with
the insupportable arrogance of that jerk is more than anyone should have to bear
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as in unacceptable
too bad to be excused or justified
the organization's racist views have been denounced as morally insupportable
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Recent Examples of insupportable
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.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Unless the distress among the German people should become insupportable, any sudden advance movement on their part that relied on force would be doomed to failure without armed support and assistance from outside.
—Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
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
The justification for this decision was increasingly insupportable as the 2010s progressed and private launch companies such as SpaceX proved far more efficient than the government.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2023
There is no consensus on this in today’s housing discourse, and if anything, the discussion is leaning toward trying to make housing an entitlement, something completely insupportable and undesirable.
—Roger Valdez, Forbes, 5 May 2023
Without an urgent anxiety about the near-death of the American republic, about the pandemic, about the terrors of climate change, about the insupportable nature of racial injustice, about the incompatibility of gross inequality and democracy, there can be no hope.
—Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 2 Mar. 2021
For the English to transplant themselves around the world and rule over others was a natural right, but for a darker-skinned colonial to presume to do the reverse was insupportable.
—Fara Dabhoiwala, The New York Review of Books, 1 July 2021
Some of those women will face insupportable life options and some will die because of Friday’s decision.
—Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2022
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Unless the distress among the German people should become insupportable, any sudden advance movement on their part that relied on force would be doomed to failure without armed support and assistance from outside.
—Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
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
The justification for this decision was increasingly insupportable as the 2010s progressed and private launch companies such as SpaceX proved far more efficient than the government.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2023
There is no consensus on this in today’s housing discourse, and if anything, the discussion is leaning toward trying to make housing an entitlement, something completely insupportable and undesirable.
—Roger Valdez, Forbes, 5 May 2023
Without an urgent anxiety about the near-death of the American republic, about the pandemic, about the terrors of climate change, about the insupportable nature of racial injustice, about the incompatibility of gross inequality and democracy, there can be no hope.
—Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 2 Mar. 2021
For the English to transplant themselves around the world and rule over others was a natural right, but for a darker-skinned colonial to presume to do the reverse was insupportable.
—Fara Dabhoiwala, The New York Review of Books, 1 July 2021
Some of those women will face insupportable life options and some will die because of Friday’s decision.
—Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insupportable
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Outside, on First Avenue, the traffic was unbearable.—
Sam Knight,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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For their families, this moment is filled with cautious optimism and unbearable anxiety.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In this team, calling in sick for shady reasons is unacceptable.—
Lieke ten Brummelhuis,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Greenwashing and intentional misinformation are unacceptable, but silence from the best actors is an even bigger risk.—
Jesper Brodin,
TIME,
23 Jan. 2025
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Such an action would be unjustifiable in peacetime.—
Henry E. Hale,
Foreign Affairs,
4 July 2023
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To make this gloomy picture even darker, unjustifiable gender disparities continue, as do exploitation, violence, and abuse.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
10 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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In other instances, though, the EOL is indefensible and should simply be changed.—
Ismail Amla,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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Nvidia's performance comparisons aren't indefensible; with DLSS FG enabled, the cards can put out a lot of frames per second.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Trump’s explicit threats against the Bidens, and his record of trying to politicize the Justice Department and FBI, almost justify an unpardonable pardon, columnist Jackie Calmes writes.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Dec. 2024
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In her small and deeply Catholic community, suicide is an unpardonable sin, so a horrible crime lures her with the promise of escape.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
29 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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The two franchises eventually crossed over with the Warriors Orochi games, which mashes up characters from both titles alongside original ones for an outrageous kitchen sink approach with a fantasy bend.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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The kit takes what is already a pretty outrageous sports car and outfits it with an aggressive aero package that features a front lip spoiler, a whole array of fins, and an even larger rear wing that retains the standard version’s DRS functionality.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The Lions had an inexcusable 12-men-on-the-field penalty right before an all-important fourth-down, which gave Washington an automatic first down.—
Colton Pouncy,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
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Allowing Todd to have her way from beyond the arc was inexcusable, Cullop added.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Leaving the country days after being notified of weather conditions that everyone who lives in LA knows are prime disaster fire conditions is unforgivable.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
Fox News,
15 Jan. 2025
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Health Psychopaths and the Rest of Us Laura Smith Searching for empathy with those society deems unforgivable.—
hazlitt.net,
hazlitt.net,
4 Jan. 2025
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