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- Dictionaryinsupportable/ˌɪnsəˈpɔːtəbl/
adjective
- 1. unable to be supported or justified: "he had arrived at a wholly insupportable conclusion" Similar Opposite
- 2. unable to be endured; intolerable: "the heat was insupportable" Similar Opposite
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: more than can be endured. insupportable pain. b. : impossible to justify. insupportable charges. insupportably. ˌin (t)-sə-ˈpȯr-tə-blē. adverb. Synonyms. insufferable. intolerable. unbearable. unendurable. unsupportable. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of insupportable in a Sentence.
adjective. formal uk / ˌɪn.səˈpɔː.tə.b ə l / us / ˌɪn.səˈpɔːr.t̬ə.b ə l / Add to word list. difficult or impossible to bear: The war had put an insupportable financial burden on the country. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Complicated and difficult to do. advanced. ambitiously. another. arduous. formidable. formidably.
Insupportable definition: not endurable; unbearable; insufferable. See examples of INSUPPORTABLE used in a sentence.
Definitions of insupportable. adjective. incapable of being justified or explained. synonyms: indefensible, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted. inexcusable. without excuse or justification. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Insupportable." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/insupportable.
difficult or impossible to bear: The war had put an insupportable financial burden on the country. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Complicated and difficult to do. advanced. ambitiously. another. arduous. fierce. formidable. formidably. get blood out of/from a stone idiom. grail. onerously. overdemanding. painstaking. picnic. toughen.
If you say that something is insupportable, you mean that it cannot be coped with or accepted. [formal] He believes that large families place an insupportable burden on the planet's resources. Life without Anna had no savour, was tedious, insupportable.
Definition of insupportable adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
in·sup·port·a·ble. (ĭn′sə-pôr′tə-bəl) adj. 1. Not endurable; intolerable: insupportable mental anguish. 2. Lacking grounds or defense; unjustifiable: an insupportable claim. in′sup·port′a·bly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
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adjective. Not supportable. Webster's New World. Not endurable; intolerable. Insupportable mental anguish. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Lacking grounds or defense; unjustifiable. An insupportable claim. American Heritage. Synonyms: unwarranted. unwarrantable. unjustifiable. indefensible. unbearable. impossible. unsufferable. unendurable.
