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Meanings of unbearable in English

Portuguese
insuportável
Catalan
insuportable
Spanish
intolerable

Incapable of being put up with.

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      Usage of unbearable in English
      1
      In winter time the climate is equable; in summer it is unbearable.
      With the British Army in The Holy Land
      2
      Thank God for this; life in the trenches would otherwise be unbearable.
      The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918
      3
      I find it unbearable to see the love yet know the fate.
      The Guardian
      4
      For the thought of entering the house in Arlington Street was unbearable.
      Richard Carvel — Volume 05
      5
      Under the best of circumstances, the windowless room would have been unbearable.
      Iron lace
      6
      Exam Tips: Don't put unbearable pressure on your children during the exams.
      The Irish Times
      7
      The night was unbearable with stress; I could not move nor breathe.
      Summers at Castle Auburn
      8
      And the pathos of her belief in Nicky was unbearable to Anthony.
      The Tree of Heaven
      9
      He felt a pride in the unbearable confusion of architecture and traffic.
      Erik Dorn
      10
      The truth is my life here is unbearable; my heart is breaking.
      Mauprat
      11
      And trench conditions in the long hard winter were all but unbearable.
      The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me
      12
      The thought was unbearable, and he resolved to banish it in action.
      Boy Scouts in a Submarine; Or, Searching an Ocean Floor
      13
      I felt pain for this young woman and for her unbearable loss.
      Bare Bones
      14
      It was unbearable. I really want to have a successful singing career.
      The Guardian
      15
      The food was unbearable, and lessons were reading and copying Bible verses.
      Prince Lestat
      16
      For some reason this seemed the one thing unbearable in her experience.
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