in-sufferable

adjective

not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.

Origin:
1525–35; in-³ + sufferable

Related forms

in·suf·fer·a·ble·ness, noun

in·suf·fer·a·bly, adverb

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insufferable (ɪnˈsʌfərəb^əl)

—*adj*
	intolerable; unendurable

in'sufferableness

—n

in'sufferably

—*adv*

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insufferable

1533, from in- "not" + sufferable (see suffer).

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