insupportable
/ˌɪn.səˈpɔːɹ.tə.bəl/
insupportable adjective: that cannot be tolerated or endured.
Adjective
insupportable (comparative more insupportable, superlative most insupportable)
- That cannot be tolerated or endured.
- My Lord you do me moſt inſupportable vexation.c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- The Captain, at Mr. Allworthy’s Inſtance, was outwardly, as we have ſaid, reconciled to his Brother, yet the ſame Rancour remained in his Heart; and he found ſo many Opportunities of giving him private Hints of this, that the Houſe at laſt grew inſupportable to the poor Doctor; and he choſe rather...1749, Henry Fielding, “Which concludes the first Book, with an Instance of Ingratitude, which we hope will appear unnatural”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume I, London: A[ndrew]...
- That cannot be supported; that cannot be demonstrated or proved. (of a statement, claim, argument, etc.)
- […] the energy debate is in danger of being corrupted by misstatements small and large. Among these is the insupportable proposition that the California energy crisis can somehow be relieved by drilling in the Arctic refuge — an idea Ms. Norton echoed when she said that new drilling would “resolve...2001 February 7, “Deconstructing Gale Norton”, in The New York Times
- This is a critical error, which undermines the report and leads the advisory group to make a series of contradictory and insupportable recommendations.2012 May 7, “Jennifer Buckingham, Mistakes writ large if reading goes wrong”, in The Sydney Morning Herald
- Synonyms:
- indefensible, unsupportable, untenable
insupportable meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
insupportable in Tamil
- தாங்கமுடியாத, பொறுக்கமுடியாத, சகிக்கமுடியாத, ஆதாரங்களால் நிறுவ முடியாத
insupportable in Malayalam
- indefensible, unjustifiable, inexcusable
- പിൻതുണയ്ക്കാനാവാത്ത, പിന്താങ്ങാനാവാത്ത, നീതീകരിക്കാൻ വയ്യാത്ത, ന്യായീകരിക്കാൻ കഴിയാത്ത, നീതീകരിക്കപ്പെടാൻ പാടില്ലാത്ത, നീതീകരിക്കാനാവാത്ത
- insufferable, intolerable, unbearable
- ദുസ്സഹം, ദുസ്സഹ, അസഹനീയം, കഠോര, കഠോല, താങ്ങാൻവയ്യാത്ത
Examples of insupportable in a sentence
- At such an assembly as this, it would be insupportable.1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter III, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […]...
- But in the prayer-room there was no furniture at all, the ground was of course sacred, and he found the smell of incense and sandalwood insupportable.1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part One, Chapter 3:
- Among these is the insupportable proposition that the California energy crisis can somehow be relieved by drilling in the Arctic refuge — an idea Ms.2001 February 7, “Deconstructing Gale Norton”, in The New York Times:
- For the Conservatives, who came to power in 2006, to claim credit for more than two decades of dropping crime is as laughable as it is insupportable.2013 July 26, “Canada’s falling crime rate flies in face of Harper policies: Editorial”, in Toronto Star:
Synonyms of insupportable
Forms of insupportable
| comparative | more insupportable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most insupportable |
Origin of insupportable
From Middle French insupportable, from Late Latin insupportabilis. See also in- + supportable.
Questions about insupportable
- What does insupportable mean?
- Insupportable means that cannot be tolerated or endured.
- What is insupportable in Tamil?
- Insupportable in Tamil is தாங்கமுடியாத, பொறுக்கமுடியாத, சகிக்கமுடியாத. See Insupportable meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use insupportable in a sentence?
- At such an assembly as this, it would be insupportable.
- What part of speech is insupportable?
- Insupportable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce insupportable?
- Insupportable is pronounced /ˌɪn.səˈpɔːɹ.tə.bəl/.
Words near insupportable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: insupportable (page history and authors); insupportable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insupportable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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