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unbearability

unbearability noun: the quality of being unbearable.

Noun

unbearability (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being unbearable.
    • For it must be confessed that coins current, like feudal tyrants, may sometimes reach the point of unbearability; men can put up with their exacting and impracticable nature no longer.1857, “Terror in the till”, in The National Magazine, volume 1, page 300
    • My wrist used to ache to the point of unbearability.1932, The Argosy, volume 12, page 61

Origin of unbearability

From un- + bear + -ability.

Questions about unbearability

What does unbearability mean?
Unbearability means the quality of being unbearable.
What part of speech is unbearability?
Unbearability is a noun.

Words near unbearability in the dictionary

  1. unbeaconed
  2. unbeaded
  3. unbeaked
  4. unbeamed
  5. unbear
  6. unbearability
  7. unbearable
  8. unbearableness
  9. unbearably
  10. unbeard
  11. unbearded

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