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insupportable Definition

in·sup·port·able (in′sə pôrtə bəl)

adjective

not supportable; specif.,

  1. intolerable; unbearable; unendurable
  2. incapable of being upheld, proved, etc. insupportable charges

Etymology: LL(Ec) insupportabilis

insupportable Related Forms
in′·sup·port·ably adverb
insupportable Synonyms

insupportable

modif.

insupportable Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • almost: The odor from this source has been, with a favorable wind, almost insupportable, even in the center of the city.
  • quite: It was hardly inspiration to yield to a famine after the situation had become quite insupportable.

Modifies a noun

  • burden: The high value of the pound was imposing an " insupportable burden " , he claimed.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: The heat soon became insupportable within the circle of furnaces, the rumbling of which resembled the rolling of thunder.
  • find: We are assured however, that conditions of empire, new or old order, are conditions which the conquered find insupportable.