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supportable

[suh-pawr-tuh-buh l, -pohr-]
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adjective
  1. capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
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Origin of supportable

First recorded in 1525–35; support + -able
Related formssup·port·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·sup·port·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·sup·port·a·ble, adjectivenon·sup·port·a·ble·ness, nounnon·sup·port·a·bly, adverbun·sup·port·a·ble, adjectiveun·sup·port·a·ble·ness, nounun·sup·port·a·bly, adverb
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Related Words

enoughheavy-handedimpossibleinadmissibleinsufferableinsupportableintolerableoppressiveunacceptableunendurableunsurpassable

Examples from the Web for unsupportable

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  • And you have said that without enthusiasms life would be unsupportable.

    Painted Veils

    James Huneker

  • His eyes betrayed an unsupportable sense of loss and the spirit that repudiated it.

  • To think that the American republic is to be a great power is unsupportable.

    Dealings With The Dead

    A Sexton of the Old School

  • He was glad—a show of affection would have been unsupportable.

    Cytherea

    Joseph Hergesheimer

  • The affectation of no affectation is the most unsupportable of all.

British Dictionary definitions for unsupportable

unsupportable

adjective
  1. not able to be supported
  2. not able to be defendedunsupportable actions
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supportable

adjective
  1. able to be supported or endured; bearable
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Derived Formssupportability or supportableness, nounsupportably, adverb
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