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insupportable

[in-suh-pawr-tuh-buhl, -pohr-]

in·sup·port·a·ble

[in-suh-pawr-tuh-buhl, -pohr-]
adjective
1.
not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.
2.
incapable of support or justification, as by evidence or collected facts: an insupportable accusation.

Origin:
1520–30; < Late Latin insupportābilis. See in-3, supportable

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 has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
given to using long words.
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insupportable (ˌɪnsəˈpɔːtəbəl)
 
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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