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   In·tol·er·a·ble

   /ˌinˈtäl(ə)rəb(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. unable to be endured: "the intolerable pressures of his work"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin intolerabilis, from in- ‘not’ + tolerabilis (see tolerable).

   Derivatives

   • 1. intolerably adverb
   • 2. intolerability noun
   • 3. intolerableness noun

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   The meaning of INTOLERABLE is not tolerable : unbearable. How to use intolerable in a sentence.

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   What does intolerable mean?

   • The meaning of INTOLERABLE is not tolerable : unbearable. How to use intolerable in a sentence.

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   What is the root word of intolerable?

   • Intolerable, tolerable, tolerate, tolerant, and even extol all share the same Latin root word tolerare, which means to bear. Intolerable couples that with the prefix in-, which means not, giving the word its unbearable meaning. The Intolerable Acts, for example, were laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774.

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   What is an intolerable situation?

   • If a situation is intolerable, you need to leave it. They have a sharp, shrewish look, which I do not like at all; and in her air altogether there is a self-sufficiency without fashion, which is intolerable. The servant who had first entered had thrown up the window, or it would have been even more intolerable.

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   How has life become intolerable?

   • The situation has become intolerable. The constant fighting made life at home intolerable. Three-quarters of the world's population live in conditions that people in the West would find intolerable. Living conditions were intolerable after the storm. This hot weather is becoming intolerable. It's unbearable and it needs to become intolerable.

   INTOLERABLE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Intolerable means too bad or unpleasant to deal with or accept. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts and see synonyms, antonyms and translations.

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   Intolerable definition: not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable. See examples of INTOLERABLE used in a sentence.

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   If something is impossible to put up with, you can say it is intolerable. It would be intolerable if your neighbors played their terrible, loud music all night long.

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   Intolerable means too bad or unpleasant to deal with or accept. Learn more about its usage, synonyms, and related words and phrases from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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   Intolerable means so bad or extreme that no one can bear it or tolerate it. Learn the synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation, collocations and usage of intolerable with examples from The Guardian and other sources.

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    intolerable - incapable of being put up with; "an intolerable degree of sentimentality". unbearable, unendurable. impermissible - not permitted; "impermissible behavior". tolerable - capable of being borne or endured; "the climate is at least tolerable".