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insupportable
[ in-suh-pawr-tuh-buhl, -pohr- ]
adjective
- not endurable; unbearable; insufferable:
insupportable pain.
- incapable of support or justification, as by evidence or collected facts:
an insupportable accusation.
insupportable
/ ˌɪnsəˈpɔːtəbəl /
adjective
- incapable of being endured; intolerable; insufferable
- incapable of being supported or justified; indefensible
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Derived Forms
- ˌinsupˈportableness, noun
- ˌinsupˈportably, adverb
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Other Words From
- insup·porta·ble·ness insup·porta·bili·ty noun
- insup·porta·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of insupportable1
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Example Sentences
In her divorce petition, Zina wrote: “The marriage has become insupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities.”
Well, there are reasons for these rules, all right, but they're terrible, reactionary, insupportable.
But outside The New Republic, the idea that the “left” is not supporting this bill is insupportable and always has been.
She had not advanced as rapidly as she had hoped to do, and it would be insupportable humiliation to return.
The wretched inefficiency of Edward had by this time rendered the position of his adherents in Scotland all but insupportable.
The light wounds him, glory is a sight insupportable to him, and makes him want to veil his eyes with his bat-like wings.
I was glad when the darkness fell again, for the sight of his bowed head and set features was insupportable to me.
At first this melancholy task was insupportable, but I persevered; and in a short time became reconciled to it.
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