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- Dictionaryinsupportable/ˌɪnsəˈpɔːtəbl/
adjective
- 1. unable to be supported or justified: "he had arrived at a wholly insupportable conclusion" Similar Opposite
- 2. unable to be endured; intolerable: "the heat was insupportable" Similar Opposite
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adjective. formal uk / ˌɪn.səˈpɔː.tə.b ə l / us / ˌɪn.səˈpɔːr.t̬ə.b ə l / Add to word list. difficult or impossible to bear: The war had put an insupportable financial burden on the country. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Complicated and difficult to do. advanced. ambitiously. another. arduous. formidable. formidably.
Insupportable definition: not endurable; unbearable; insufferable. See examples of INSUPPORTABLE used in a sentence.
The meaning of INSUPPORTABLE is not supportable. How to use insupportable in a sentence.
adjective. formal us / ˌɪn.səˈpɔːr.t̬ə.b ə l / uk / ˌɪn.səˈpɔː.tə.b ə l / Add to word list. difficult or impossible to bear: The war had put an insupportable financial burden on the country. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Complicated and difficult to do. advanced. ambitiously. another. arduous. formidable. formidably.
If you say that something is insupportable, you mean that it cannot be coped with or accepted. [formal] He believes that large families place an insupportable burden on the planet's resources. Life without Anna had no savour, was tedious, insupportable.
in·sup·port·a·ble. (ĭn′sə-pôr′tə-bəl) adj. 1. Not endurable; intolerable: insupportable mental anguish. 2. Lacking grounds or defense; unjustifiable: an insupportable claim. in′sup·port′a·bly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Definition of insupportable adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.