en·dur·a·ble

[en-door-uh-buhl, -dyoor-]
adjective
capable of being endured; bearable; tolerable.

Origin:
1600–10; endure + -able

en·dur·a·bil·i·ty, en·dur·a·ble·ness, noun
en·dur·a·bly, adverb
non·en·dur·a·ble, adjective
un·en·dur·a·bil·i·ty, adjective
un·en·dur·a·ble, adjective
un·en·dur·a·ble·ness, noun
un·en·dur·a·bly, adverb
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endure (ɪnˈdjʊə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
1.  to undergo (hardship, strain, privation, etc) without yielding; bear
2.  (tr) to permit or tolerate
3.  (intr) to last or continue to exist
 
[C14: from Old French endurer, from Latin indūrāre to harden, from dūrus hard]
 
en'durable
 
adj
 
endura'bility
 
n
 
en'durableness
 
n
 
en'durably
 
adv

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unendurable (ˌʌnɪnˈdjʊrəbəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
not able to be undergone or tolerated; insufferable

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Word Origin & History

endurable
c.1600, able to endure, from endure + -able. Meaning able to be endured is from c.1800.
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Example sentences
Pollution is reaching unbearable, unendurable levels.
We were within hearing, and the cries and groans of the wounded were almost
  unendurable.
Interviewees described continuing to work despite nearly unendurable pain
  because they believed they had no alternatives.
At times physical affliction can feel and in fact be unendurable.
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