intolerable
adjective/ɪnˈtɒlərəbl/
/ɪnˈtɑːlərəbl/
- so bad or difficult that you cannot tolerate it; completely unacceptable synonym unbearable
- an intolerable burden/situation
- The heat was intolerable.
- Her behaviour has become intolerable.
Extra Examples- The constant pain made his life intolerable.
- The job placed almost intolerable pressure on her.
- It seems to me intolerable that children do not have the same legal protection as adults.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- seem
- …
- absolutely
- quite
- increasingly
- …
- to
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin intolerabilis, from in- ‘not’ + tolerabilis (from tolerare).
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