insupportable
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səˈpɔr adjective
1.
not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.
2.
incapable of support or justification, as by evidence or collected facts: an insupportable accusation.
Related forms
in·sup·port·a·ble·ness, in·sup·port·a·bil·i·ty, noun
in·sup·port·a·bly, adverb
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insupportable (ˌɪnsəˈpɔːtəbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | incapable of being endured; intolerable; insufferable |
| 2. | incapable of being supported or justified; indefensible |
| insup'portableness | |
| —n | |
| insup'portably | |
| —adv | |
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Insupportable
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
Example sentences
As the pillar yields, the insupportable load is transferred to adjacent pillars.
In such a case, the absence of appropriate medical records is insupportable.
But it was a boom whose social costs were politically insupportable.
The sedentary habits of the desk and the loom render the exertions and hardships of war insupportable.
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