unbearable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- unbearableness noun
- unbearably adverb
Etymology
Origin of unbearable
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; un- 1, bearable
Example Sentences
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She said it was "unbearable for a family and friends and the wider community".
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A year after the incident, Stella McGinn said "too many families had already endured unbearable pain" because of what she says are shortcomings in school bus safety.
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Susan Everard's tribute was published as Britain's most senior police officer Sir Mark Rowley, hailed the family's "extraordinary dignity in the face of unbearable grief" on the fifth anniversary of her murder.
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In "unbearable pain" for up to 18 days a month, she kept going back to her GP.
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States Assembly members originally backed plans to allow assisted dying for those facing "unbearable suffering" in May 2024.
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