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in⋅tol⋅er⋅a⋅ble

   [in-tol-er-uh-buhl]
–adjective
1. not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable: intolerable pain.
2. excessive.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L intolerābilis. See in- 3 , tolerable
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Spanish: intolerable, German: unerträglich, Japanese: 耐えられない
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in·tol·er·a·ble     (ĭn-tŏl'ər-ə-bəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Impossible to tolerate or endure; unbearable: intolerable agony.

in·tol'er·a·bil'i·ty, in·tol'er·a·ble·ness n., in·tol'er·a·bly adv.
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intolerable 
1435, from L. intolerabilis "that cannot bear, that cannot be borne," from in- "not" + tolerabilis "that may be endured," from tolerare "to tolerate" (see toleration). Intolerance "unwillingness to endure a differing opinion" first attested 1765.

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intolerable

adjective
incapable of being put up with; "an intolerable degree of sentimentality" [ant: tolerable] 

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Intolerable

In*tol"er*a*ble\, a. [F. intol['e]rable, L. intolerabilis. See In- not, and Tolerable.]

1. Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable; as, intolerable pain; intolerable heat or cold; an intolerable burden.

His insolence is more intolerable Than all the princes in the land beside. --Shak.

4. Enormous.

This intolerable deal of sack. --Shak. -- In*tol"er*a*ble*ness, n. -- In*tol"er*a*bly, adv.

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