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[ uhn-bair -uh -buh l ] SHOW IPA
/ ʌnˈbɛər ə bəl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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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
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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?
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This unbearable realization riddles us with a paralyzing existential anxiety that we need to do something with, and quickly.
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Sure, her gee-golly choreography is unbearable cute, but watch her eyes.
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And our sense of which ones are unbearable is dictated by who we think we are.
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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 .
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British Dictionary definitions for unbearable adjective not able to be borne or endured
Derived forms of unbearable unbearableness , noun unbearably , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to unbearable insufferable, intolerable, unacceptable, oppressive, a bit much, unendurable, enough, heavy-handed, inadmissible, last straw, insupportable, unsurpassable