Insupportable - English meaning

adjective

Without foundation in fact.

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Baseless allegations

adjective

Not based on any good reason.

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Your fears are quite groundless

adjective

Without a reason, cause, or argument

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Your concerns are groundless.

adjective

Not able to occur, exist, or be done.

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A seemingly impossible task

adjective

Not justifiable by argument.

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This behaviour is morally indefensible

adjective

(of behavior) so bad that it cannot be defended against criticism

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His actions in destroying the tapes were indefensible.

adjective

Too bad to be justified or tolerated.

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Matt's behaviour was inexcusable

adjective

Too extreme to bear; intolerable.

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The heat would be insufferable by july

adjective

Extremely unpleasant and therefore difficult to bear

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George is an insufferable bore, and you know it.

adjective

Unable to be endured.

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The intolerable pressures of his work

adjective

Too bad or difficult to bear or to be accepted

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Living conditions were intolerable after the storm., this hot weather is becoming intolerable.

adjective

Inflicting harsh and authoritarian treatment.

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An oppressive dictatorship

adjective

Oppressive weather is hot, with a lot of wetness in the air.

adjective

Extremely strong or intense; overwhelming.

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A feeling of overpowering sadness

verb

Defeat or overcome with superior strength.

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He overpowered the two men and frogmarched them to the police station

adjective

Too strong to be able to continue or resist

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Firefighters were driven back by the overpowering heat of the flames., there's an overpowering smel…

adjective

Very great in amount.

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His party won overwhelming support

verb

Bury or drown beneath a huge mass of something, especially water.

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Floodwaters overwhelmed hundreds of houses

adjective

Not satisfactory or allowable.

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Unacceptable behaviour

adjective

Too bad to be accepted, approved of, or allowed to continue

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These mistakes are unacceptable., the proposal is unacceptable to theater owners.

adjective

Not able to be endured or tolerated.

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The heat was getting unbearable

adjective

So unpleasant or painful that you find it hard to accept

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We had an unbearable summer here., the long wait was almost unbearable.

adjective

Not able to be tolerated or endured.

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Cries of unendurable suffering

adjective

If a situation or experience is unendurable, it is so unpleasant or painful that it is almost impossible to bear

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Unendurable pain/suspense

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So bad as to be unable to be forgiven or excused.

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Losing your temper with him was unforgivable

adjective

(of behaviour) too bad to forgive

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The way he spoke to his brother was unforgivable.

adjective

Having no foundation or basis in fact.

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Her fear that she had cancer was unfounded

adjective

(of a claim or piece of news) not based on fact; untrue

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Unfounded rumors

adjective

If a claim or piece of news is unfounded, it is not based on fact

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Our fears about the weather proved totally unfounded.

adjective

Not able to be shown to be right or reasonable.

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An unjustifiable restriction on their freedom

adjective

Unacceptable and wrong because there is no good or fair reason for it

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His behaviour was unjustifiable., unjustifiable expense

adjective

(of a fault or offence) too severe to be pardoned; unforgivable.

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An unpardonable sin

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(of behaviour) too bad to forgive or be accepted

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They had committed an unpardonable sin.

adjective

Not guided by or based on good sense.

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She knew she was being unreasonable, but she resented his domesticity

adjective

Not based on or using good judgment; not fair

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It’s unreasonable to expect him to work every weekend., he thinks the cops acted unreasonably.

adjective

Not fair or acceptable

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A merchant is not required to satisfy a customer's unreasonable demands., be unreasonable for sb/st…

adjective

Not able to be expressed in words.

Usage examples:

I felt an unspeakable tenderness towards her

adjective

Not able to be authorized or sanctioned; unjustifiable.

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An unwarrantable intrusion into personal matters