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insufferable

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in⋅suf⋅fer⋅a⋅ble

  [in-suhf-er-uh-buhl]
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–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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in·suf·fer·a·ble   (ĭn-sŭf'ər-ə-bəl, -sŭf'rə-)   
adj.  Difficult or impossible to endure; intolerable.
in·suf'fer·a·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

insufferable 
1533, from in- "not" + sufferable (see suffer).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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