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
About Saving Myles: Wade, a respected banker in La Jolla, and his estranged wife, Fiona, make the unbearable decision to send their teenage son, Myles, away to an expensive treatment center after a streak of harmful behavior.
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News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Yarden is a father who left his safe room to protect his family, bravely survived captivity, and returned to an unbearable reality.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
In addition to facing unbearable losses, both had also unknowingly inhaled toxic debris that would spark a series of debilitating illnesses.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2025
The unbearable guilt of losing nothing — and everything — in the Altadena wildfire.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Yarden is a father who left his safe room to protect his family, bravely survived captivity, and returned to an unbearable reality.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
In addition to facing unbearable losses, both had also unknowingly inhaled toxic debris that would spark a series of debilitating illnesses.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2025
The unbearable guilt of losing nothing — and everything — in the Altadena wildfire.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbearable
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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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That is why there is growing recognition that the status quo is intolerable.—
Kenneth Roth,
TIME,
8 Feb. 2025
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Promises her who knows what, seeing that she’s got to drink herself to oblivion constantly and choke down pills for her unendurable pain.—
Christian Kracht,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Nov. 2024
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The 23-year-old captive’s parents showed all the anguish and anxiety that would befall anyone in their unendurable position.—
Noah Rothman,
National Review,
3 Sep. 2024
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This is a performance that entwines intense physicality with simmering determination, and a sense of humor.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
24 Feb. 2025
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In the background of a Gaza ceasefire, Israel has steadily escalated an intense military operation in Palestinian cities in the West Bank, killing dozens and displacing tens of thousands of residents.—
Mick Krever,
CNN,
24 Feb. 2025
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Such a move would have a negative effect on the EV transition in which Tesla has been the overwhelming leader, and Musk has been the biggest booster.—
Brad Templeton,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Accordingly, America's overwhelming imperative is to devote our limited resources—at least those deployed outside our own hemisphere—to containing and repelling China.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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The more extreme Noah (Taz Skylar) wants to shed blood.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2025
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In low-lying Bangladesh, 60% of the population is at high risk of floods, and climate change is making extreme rainfall even more common.—
Natalie Donback,
TIME,
17 Feb. 2025
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There’s enough lawbreaking to keep Lou and Henry busy trying to work out who might have poisoned an insufferable tech bro or kidnapped a talentless aspiring actress.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
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Watching any entrenched institution pay slobbery tribute to itself can be insufferable.—
Joe Berkowitz,
Vulture,
17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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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.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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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,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Dec. 2011
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This is, on paper, a terrible idea for all involved.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Until its proves otherwise, Miami sits mediocre at ninth-best in the 16-team AFC -- not terrible, surely not the dregs ... but not a contender.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Unbearable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbearable. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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