unbearable

adjective un·bear·able \ ˌən-ˈber-ə-bəl \

|Updated on: 26 Jun 2018

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Definition of unbearable

: not bearable : unendurable

unbearable pain

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unbearably

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Examples of unbearable in a Sentence

We were in an almost unbearable state of excitement.
this heat is unbearable—when are we going to get air-conditioning?

Recent Examples of unbearable from the Web

After days trapped in darkened cattle cars, squinting into bright floodlights lining the tracks was almost unbearable.

— jay winik, WSJ, "Trump’s Critics Desecrate the Holocaust," 21 June 2018
Pity the poor suckers who had to choose between attending a game in wintry and almost unbearable conditions versus the fact if the game went 5 innings, their ticket money was down the toilet.

— paul sullivan, chicagotribune.com, "Q&A: Can Wrigley Field turn down the volume and add some Wi-Fi?," 24 Apr. 2018
Good, because an entire episode of waking comatose sorrow was nearly unbearable to watch.

— rena gross, Billboard, "14 Crushing (And Occasionally Uplifting) Moments From 'Handmaid's Tale' Season 2, Episode 5," 16 May 2018
Yet many of their replacements have come from state environmental agencies that also get funding from the EPA, which, according to Pruitt, isn’t an unbearable conflict of interest.

— umair irfan, Vox, "The EPA ousted science advisers. Now it’s going after the science itself.," 24 Apr. 2018
Sometimes, what feels at first like unbearable change is just a conversion, from one system of measurements to another.

— claire comstock-gay, The Cut, "Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of April 2," 2 Apr. 2018
The containers had been in limbo since January, Mayor Hall said, and the material inside smelled of rotting animals and made being outdoors nearly unbearable, especially on a warm day.

— valerie bauerlein, WSJ, "New York City Sewage Held Up in Alabama Town Finally Taken Away," 19 Apr. 2018
Adding to her misery is an exquisite sensitivity to light, sound and smell that makes ordinary stimuli—even perfume—unbearable and the headache even worse.

— r. allan purdy, Scientific American, "Can Anything Stop My Migraine?," 1 May 2017
There are no unbearable scenes where Shawn makes a nonsensical decision or delivers an unrealistic monologue.

— refinery29.com, "Gabrielle Union Is Not Here For Stereotypes In Breaking In," 10 May 2018

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