intolerable
adjective
in·tol·er·a·ble
(ˌ)in-ˈtä-lə-rə-bəl 
-ˈtäl-rə-,
-ˈtä-lər-bəl
1
: not tolerable : unbearable
intolerable pain
2
Examples of intolerable in a Sentence
She divorced him on the grounds of intolerable cruelty.
this stifling heat is intolerable
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Asad Ramzanali, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
That is just intolerable sloppiness.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
Government censorship of speech is intolerable in a free society.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Yet nurses voluntarily wade into a world that most of us find intolerable.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for intolerable
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“Intolerable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intolerable. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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intolerable
adjective
in·tol·er·a·ble
(ˈ)in-ˈtäl-(ə-)rə-bəl
-ˈtäl-ər-bəl
: not tolerable : unbearable
intolerable pain
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