as in intolerable
more than can be put up with
this heat is unbearable—when are we going to get air-conditioning?
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One person’s moderate is another person’s unbearable.
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Longreads, 11 Oct. 2024
At a university where mental health is an ongoing crisis, and student suicides have become an unbearable reality, this decision undermines the support systems that allow students to take hold of their own narratives.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
Sama has lost almost all of her hair due to the unbearable stress of the war.
—Daniele Hamamdjian, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2024
There’s an unbearable flatness to any book whose protagonist is always justified in her actions—or, for that matter, always able to justify them to herself.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
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Longreads, 11 Oct. 2024
At a university where mental health is an ongoing crisis, and student suicides have become an unbearable reality, this decision undermines the support systems that allow students to take hold of their own narratives.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
Sama has lost almost all of her hair due to the unbearable stress of the war.
—Daniele Hamamdjian, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2024
There’s an unbearable flatness to any book whose protagonist is always justified in her actions—or, for that matter, always able to justify them to herself.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbearable
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Even as Robert Aramayo has grown on me as Elrond, Clark’s Galadriel has become more and more intolerable with every episode.Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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State of play: The pressure to step aside as a candidate has been rising to intolerable levels, especially over the past few days.Axios, Axios, 18 July 2024
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Promises her who knows what, seeing that she’s got to drink herself to oblivion constantly and choke down pills for her unendurable pain.Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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The 23-year-old captive’s parents showed all the anguish and anxiety that would befall anyone in their unendurable position.Noah Rothman, National Review, 3 Sep. 2024
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Regaining his strength After intense physical therapy, Chris Smith has made incredible strides.Annabelle Allen, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
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First, on capital allocation, the company has been spending on increasing capacity in an intense pursuit of growth at any cost.Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
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If the election feels overwhelming, write down everything on your mind.Alyssa Jaffer, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Here, Artzi unpacks the four major benefits of adding one to your home gym: Versatility Safety Progressive overload Convenience How to pick the best squat rack for you With so many squat racks on the market, the options can be overwhelming.Erin Bunch, SELF, 28 Oct. 2024
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Freak accidents streak through the storylines with kinetic, electrifying energy, igniting a chain reaction of over-the-top kills that coincide under extreme circumstances.Michael Lee Simpson, EW.com, 26 Oct. 2024
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In extreme magnetic environments, the magnetic sensitivity can be controlled by sufficient separation from the field source or methods such as magnetic shielding.Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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The insufferable facets of Gregory’s personality are reflections of Indiana’s city and era.Daniel Felsenthal, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
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The protagonist is a wealthy English aristocrat who is particularly insufferable.R29 Team, refinery29.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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Unless the distress among the German people should become insupportable, any sudden advance movement on their part that relied on force would be doomed to failure without armed support and assistance from outside.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
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There are people of goodwill who think the way out of this insupportable situation lies in the fight for equal democratic rights in a single state for everyone living in the territory between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2024
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In contrast, the United States in the 1970s suffered terrible inflationary pressures, financial dislocation, and substandard economic performance even though its outstanding government debt averaged only 33% of the county’s GDP.Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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For decades, this terrible chapter was hidden from our history books.Willie James Inman, CBS News, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Unbearable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbearable. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.
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