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unbearable
[
uhn-
bair
-
uh
-b
uh
l
]
Example Sentences
Origin
un·bear·a·ble
/
ʌnˈbɛər
ə
bəl
/
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[
uhn-
bair
-
uh
-b
uh
l
]
Show IPA
adjective
not
bearable
;
unendurable; intolerable.
Origin:
1400–50;
late Middle English;
see
un-
1
,
bearable
Related forms
un·bear·a·ble·ness,
noun
un·bear·a·bly,
adverb
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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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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
.
She communicates the pain with an almost
unbearable
air of truth.
Confidentiality in some of those cases was nearly an
unbearable
burden.
The anxiety that this dizziness is causing is
unbearable
.
They have suffered under a duplex burden of heat and humidity which has seemed almost
unbearable
.
It is
unbearable
to know that we'll almost certainly outlive our little furry ones.
Throughout the ages, people have argued that killing yourself is a logical thing to do when faced with
unbearable
suffering.
For the millions of people who suffer from phobias, the ordinary can become
unbearable
.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
unbearable
(ʌnˈbɛərəb
ə
l)
—
adj
not able to be borne or endured
un'bearableness
—
n
un'bearably
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
unbearable
mid-15c., from
un-
(1) "not" +
bear
(v.) +
-able
. Related: Unbearably.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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