as in unbearable
more than can be put up with
these high taxes are just unsupportable
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Recent Examples of unsupportable
That would in effect make ownership of stocks unsupportable by the rich and this of course would end up crushing all those Americans hoping their stock portfolio will be the source of a happy retirement.
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Clem Chambers, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
The complex math behind screening befuddled the researchers’ attempts to assess whether screening helped people live longer, leading to unsupportable conclusions.
—Peter B. Bach, STAT, 7 Sep. 2023
Due to their leadership, the company had a terrible, unsupportable business plan and compounded those issues by hiring an unsustainable workforce of 700 people.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 May 2023
The judiciary is not going to rescue parents from the Left’s abuse of scholastic instruction through means that ought to be anathema to constitutional conservatives regardless: a federal judicial diktat based on an unsupportable reading of free-speech principles.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 25 Oct. 2021
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Clem Chambers, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
The complex math behind screening befuddled the researchers’ attempts to assess whether screening helped people live longer, leading to unsupportable conclusions.
—Peter B. Bach, STAT, 7 Sep. 2023
Due to their leadership, the company had a terrible, unsupportable business plan and compounded those issues by hiring an unsustainable workforce of 700 people.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 May 2023
The judiciary is not going to rescue parents from the Left’s abuse of scholastic instruction through means that ought to be anathema to constitutional conservatives regardless: a federal judicial diktat based on an unsupportable reading of free-speech principles.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 25 Oct. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsupportable
unbearable
Adjective
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Tulum has just one principal seaside street, meaning that during high season, traffic near the beach can be unbearable.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
19 July 2025
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Last month, members of Congress were blocked from observing the holding facility on the tenth floor of 26 Federal Plaza, amid claims of unbearable heat, overcrowding, and detainees being forced to sleep on bathroom floors.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
16 July 2025
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“Unsupportable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsupportable. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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