unendurable
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ə adjective
capable of being endured; bearable; tolerable.
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endure (ɪnˈdjʊə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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
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| unendurable (ˌʌnɪnˈdjʊrəbəl) | |
| —adj | |
| not able to be undergone or tolerated; insufferable | |
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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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