insupportable
Americanadjective
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not endurable; unbearable; insufferable.
insupportable pain.
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incapable of support or justification, as by evidence or collected facts.
an insupportable accusation.
adjective
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incapable of being endured; intolerable; insufferable
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incapable of being supported or justified; indefensible
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Etymology
Origin of insupportable
From the Late Latin word insupportābilis, dating back to 1520–30. See in- 3, supportable
Vocabulary lists containing insupportable
Example Sentences
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Four Insupportable Things Under three things the earth quakes, And under four it cannot stand.
From The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur by Dillon, Emile Joseph
Insupportable creature! tell a lady of her faults!
From The Contrast by Moses, Montrose Jonas
Insupportable, however, as the evil of payment was, it was better to incur it spontaneously, than by means of legal process.
From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden
Insupportable were the long stoppages at the stations; the carriage was never ready to start under two hours; it took eleven weary days and nights of shaking and bruising to get from Cleves to Berlin.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav
Insupportable creature! tell a lady of her faults! if he is so grave, I fear I have no chance of captivating him.
From The Contrast by Tyler, Royall
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