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unbearably

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un⋅bear⋅a⋅ble

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

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


un⋅bear⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
un⋅bear⋅a⋅bly, adverb
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un·bear·a·ble   (ŭn-bâr'ə-bəl)   
adj.  So unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable: unbearable heat.
un·bear'a·ble·ness n., un·bear'a·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

unbearable 
c.1449, from un- (1) "not" + bear (v.) + -able.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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