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unbearable

[ uhn-bair-uh-buh l ]

/ ʌnˈbɛər ə bəl /

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adjective

not bearable; unendurable; intolerable.

Origin of unbearable

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at un-¹, bearable

OTHER WORDS FROM unbearable

un·bear·a·ble·ness, noun un·bear·a·bly, adverb

Words nearby unbearable

unballasted, unbar, unbarbed, unbarred, unbated, unbearable, unbeatable, unbeaten, unbecoming, unbegotten, unbeknown

Example sentences from the Web for unbearable

She had grown so perfect and gentle and consoling that it was unbearable, she was a big, round smooth balloon without a face.

Tove Jansson, Queen of the Moomins |John Garth |August 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Why do we only talk about gun control after the most unbearable national tragedies?

A Former Navy Firearms Instructor and Proud Gun Owner On Why We Need Common Sense Gun Control |Shawn VanDiver |May 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
This unbearable realization riddles us with a paralyzing existential anxiety that we need to do something with, and quickly.

On Transhumanism and Why Technology Is Our Silicon Nervous System |Jason Silva |April 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Sure, her gee-golly choreography is unbearable cute, but watch her eyes.

7 Impossibly Cute Shirley Temple Moments (VIDEOS) |Kevin Fallon |February 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

And our sense of which ones are unbearable is dictated by who we think we are.

From Smarm To Snark, We’re All Soldiers In The War On Obscurity |James Poulos |December 7, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
This was a new experience for Harry Belfield, new and unbearable.

Second String |Anthony Hope
But without the dream life was unbearable, in the Tenderloin and on the Bowery.

Children of the Tenements |Jacob A. Riis
The deserters say that life is unbearable in the Spanish army.

The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 36, July 15, 1897 |Various
This was unbearable: to lie here awaiting an inevitable end.

Desert Dust |Edwin L. Sabin
My socks adhered to the wounds and the pains it gave me were unbearable.

Memoirs of a Veteran Who Served as a Private in the 60's in the War Between the States |Isaac Hermann

British Dictionary definitions for unbearable

unbearable

/ (ʌnˈbɛərəbəl) /

adjective

not able to be borne or endured

Derived forms of unbearable

unbearableness, noun unbearably, adverb