unbearable

[uhn-bair-uh-buhl] Example Sentences Origin

un·bear·a·ble

[uhn-bair-uh-buhl]
adjective
not bearable; unendurable; intolerable.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; see un-1, bearable

un·bear·a·ble·ness, noun
un·bear·a·bly, adverb
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Unbearable is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Example Sentences
  • She had severe pain in her lower left side, and an unbearable headache.
  • My inclination, though, is to let him go before life becomes unbearable for him.
  • But those ugly beetle bugs are going to make this season even more unbearable.
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unbearable (ʌnˈbɛərəbəl)
 
adj
not able to be borne or endured
 
un'bearableness
 
n
 
un'bearably
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

unbearable
mid-15c., from un- (1) "not" + bear (v.) + -able. Related: Unbearably.
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