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inbearably

inbearably is the misconstruction of unbearably.

Meaning of unbearably

Adverb

unbearably (comparative more unbearably, superlative most unbearably)

  1. In an unbearable manner, not bearably, in a way unable to be borne.
    • Her book includes an incisive discussion of misogyny on the New Right. [Laura K.] Field notes how “gynocracy” and “the longhouse” have become overwrought MAGA epithets for an unbearably feminized and pluralist society.2025 December 17, Jennifer Szalai, “The Intellectuals Fueling the MAGA Movement”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

Forms of inbearably

comparativemore inbearably
superlativemost inbearably

Origin of inbearably

From inbearable + -ly.

Questions about inbearably

What is inbearably the misconstruction of?
Inbearably is the misconstruction of unbearably.

Words near inbearably in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inbearably (page history and authors); unbearably (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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