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Meanings of insupportable in English
Incapable of being justified or explained.
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Examples for "unwarranted"
Examples for "unwarranted"
1
He had received news of another unwarranted attack on some innocent fishermen.
2
They say unwarranted attacks on the Chinese community are of great concern.
3
We view this as a wholly unwarranted, blatant attack on press freedom.
4
His venomous and provocative attack on the State of Israel was unwarranted.
5
Bond investors struggled to find a reasonable return without taking unwarranted risk.
1
Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first female first minister, described the vote as indefensible.
2
However his trangressions last Sunday in the game against Clare were indefensible.
3
It was outrageous, patently irresponsible, and legally indefensible if it didn't work.
4
And the more Dal considered his position, the more indefensible it appeared.
5
With their numbers and our lack of matériel, this city is indefensible.
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Unfortunately, it seems they are going ahead with this completely unjustifiable action.
2
In a recent article you referred to me in most unjustifiable terms.
3
And the worst of it was that it was so supremely unjustifiable.
4
It was, in my case at least, so utterly false, and unjustifiable.
5
For that matter, even if she would, it would probably be unjustifiable.
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Then they shook hands fervently; more than that would have been unwarrantable.
2
There are times when angelic interference in human destinies is entirely unwarrantable.
3
The brothers' procedure is marked by unwarrantable lack of trust in Joseph.
4
He was enraged with Springrove for what he considered an unwarrantable intrusion.
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Worse even than that, I took an unwarrantable advantage of my position.
Usage of insupportable in English
1
But the heat and the suffocation in this atmosphere became almost insupportable.
2
No; it was not the weather that made Rockhold insupportable to me.
3
To me the most insupportable part of it will be the singers.
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The long books about the black poverty of cities became quite insupportable.
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The stillness was insupportable, and it was his duty to break it.
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In a more advanced state, they might be really oppressive and insupportable.
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Nor did I find the solitude of my nightly dungeon less insupportable.
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But the Captain was a gregarious animal, to whom solitude was insupportable.
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The weight of blame which she took to herself was almost insupportable.
10
I cannot call him Josiah, for the name is insupportable to me.
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Further waiting, further hiding of the truth would be insupportable after this.
12
When not on duty, the loneliness of my cabin was almost insupportable.
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Your position here would be insupportable even if it could be permitted.
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She returned to his house only to render life insupportable to him.
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He has become almost insupportable since they have named him for Moderator.
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Continuous effort, or patient labour, is for the Spaniard an insupportable thing.
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