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inbearable

inbearable is the misconstruction of unbearable.

Meaning of unbearable

Adjective

unbearable (comparative more unbearable, superlative most unbearable)

  1. So unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable.
    • The heat of the fire, the steam which arose from the dampening water, the hard slogging at the white-hot metal of the links, and the continual pulling of lengths of chain, were calculated to put a test on the strongest of men, and often on hot summer days they had to be sent home, for the work...1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 14

Forms of inbearable

comparativemore inbearable
superlativemost inbearable

Origin of inbearable

From in- + bearable.

Words formed from inbearable

Questions about inbearable

What is inbearable the misconstruction of?
Inbearable is the misconstruction of unbearable.

Words near inbearable in the dictionary

  1. inbd
  2. inbd.
  3. inbeaming
  4. inbeamings
  5. inbear
  6. inbearable
  7. inbearably
  8. inbearing
  9. inbears
  10. inbeat
  11. inbeats

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