unsupportable

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

From Middle English unsupportable, equivalent to un- + supportable.

The country appears to grow only the more desolate, and the silence the more dreary and unsupportable, as you advance. — Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber : $b or, The influence of Romanism on trade, justice, and knowledge, J. A. (James Aitken) Wylie
For of so unsupportable a pride he was, that where his deeds might well stir envy, his demeanour did rather breed disdain. — The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, Philip Sidney
Heat and laziness, and Sir Andrew Fountaine, made me dine to-day again at Mrs. Van’s; and, in short, this weather is unsupportable: how is it with you? — The Journal to Stella, Jonathan Swift

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