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insupportably

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in⋅sup⋅port⋅a⋅ble

  [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:
1520–30; < LL insupportābilis. See in- 3 , supportable

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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in·sup·port·a·ble   (ĭn'sə-pôr'tə-bəl, -pōr'-)   
adj.  

  1. Not endurable; intolerable: insupportable mental anguish.

  2. Lacking grounds or defense; unjustifiable: an insupportable claim.

in'sup·port'a·ble·ness n., in'sup·port'a·bly adv.
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