insupportable
not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.
incapable of support or justification, as by evidence or collected facts: an insupportable accusation.
Origin of insupportable
1Other 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 SinclairTruth 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 HopeThere is something insupportably offensive and revolting in the business-like way of those who execute the severities of the law.
The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) | Charles James LeverKeep the windows of your workshops open whenever the weather is not insupportably cold.
Evolution, Old & New | Samuel Butler
British Dictionary definitions for insupportable
/ (ˌɪnsəˈpɔːtəbəl) /
incapable of being endured; intolerable; insufferable
incapable of being supported or justified; indefensible
Derived forms of insupportable
- insupportableness, noun
- insupportably, adverb
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