Unbearable Meaning
/əˈnbɛrəbəl/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjSo unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable.
Sentence Examples
Bearing can be unbearable.
The pain was almost unbearable.
The pain of the compound fracture was almost unbearable.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The heat in the desert was so intense that it became ____ for the hikers.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The noise from the construction site was becoming ____, so we had to close all the windows in our office today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English unberable, equivalent to un- + bearable.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The heat of the fire, the steam which arose from the dampening water, the hard slogging at the white-hot metal of the links, and the continual pulling of lengths of chain, were calculated to put a test on the strongest of men, and often on hot summer days they had to be sent home, for the work became unbearable."
— 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 14:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The heat in the desert was so intense that it became ____ for the hikers.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The noise from the construction site was becoming ____, so we had to close all the windows in our office today.