insupportable

[ in-suh-pawr-tuh-buhl, -pohr- ]
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adjective
  1. not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.

  2. incapable of support or justification, as by evidence or collected facts: an insupportable accusation.

Origin of insupportable

1
From the Late Latin word insupportābilis, dating back to 1520–30. See in-3, supportable

Other words from insupportable

  • in·sup·port·a·ble·ness, in·sup·port·a·bil·i·ty, noun
  • in·sup·port·a·bly, adverb

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How to use insupportable in a sentence

  • He himself was insupportably aware of her, as she sat, doomed and agonizing, in her chair at the head of Brodrick's table.

    The Creators | May Sinclair
  • Truth is essential to an estimable character: but many a man is insupportably dull who never told a falsehood.

  • After all, she had everything and he nothing—and even he was not insupportably unhappy.

    Tristram of Blent | Anthony Hope
  • There is something insupportably offensive and revolting in the business-like way of those who execute the severities of the law.

  • Keep the windows of your workshops open whenever the weather is not insupportably cold.

    Evolution, Old & New | Samuel Butler

British Dictionary definitions for insupportable

insupportable

/ (ˌɪnsəˈpɔːtəbəl) /


adjective
  1. incapable of being endured; intolerable; insufferable

  2. incapable of being supported or justified; indefensible

Derived forms of insupportable

  • insupportableness, noun
  • insupportably, adverb

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