unendurable

unendurable
[[t]ʌ̱nɪndjʊ͟ərəb(ə)l, AM -d'ʊr-[/t]]
ADJ
If you describe a bad situation as unendurable, you mean that it is so extremely unpleasant that you have to end it. [FORMAL]

Isaac had found the work unendurable and walked out of the job...

He had not expected the pain to be unendurable...

It has placed an almost unendurable strain on their marriage.

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  • unendurable — I adjective displeasing, excessive, extreme, impalatable, impossible, insufferable, intolerable, objectionable, obnoxious, offensive, past bearing, past enduring, unacceptable, unbearable, undesirable, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory II index… …   Law dictionary

  • unendurable — 1620s, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) “not” + ENDURABLE (Cf. endurable) …   Etymology dictionary

  • unendurable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not able to be tolerated or endured …   English terms dictionary

  • unendurable — [spelling only] …   English World dictionary

  • unendurable — un|en|dur|a|ble [ˌʌnınˈdjuərəbəl US ˈdur ] adj formal too unpleasant, painful etc to bear ▪ The pain was unendurable …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • unendurable — adjective formal too unpleasant, painful etc to bear: The pain was unendurable …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • unendurable — adj.; unendurableness, n.; unendurably, adv. * * * …   Universalium

  • unendurable — adjective Not to be endured; intolerable. See Also: unendurability, unendurableness …   Wiktionary

  • unendurable — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. excessive, unbearable, insupportable; see extreme 2 , intolerable . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective So unpleasant or painful as not to be endured or tolerated: impossible, insufferable, insupportable, intolerable,… …   English dictionary for students

  • unendurable — un|en|dur|a|ble [ ,ʌnın durəbl ] adjective too unpleasant or painful to bear …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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