tolerable
adjective
tol·er·a·ble
ˈtä-lə-rə-bəl 
ˈtäl-rə-;
ˈtä-lər-bəl
1
: capable of being borne or endured
tolerable pain
2
: moderately good or agreeable : passable
a tolerable singing voice
Examples of tolerable in a Sentence
The heat was tolerable for only a short time.
stubbing your toe is at least a more tolerable pain than breaking your foot
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Normally maybe that would be a manageable level of discrepancy, but the high tariffs raising the stakes to such a great extent, this long-standing, but usually tolerable, friction between customs valuation and transfer pricing might become a lot more significant.
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Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Perhaps, if the Dodgers weren’t facing the prospect of a tight division race in this year’s talented National League West, such problems would have been more tolerable.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
So there’s a mutual agreement between the two, or mutual benefits, that are quite tolerable—or even pleasurable.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
Rising property insurance premiums have caused consternation in hurricane-and-flood-prone Florida, but The Villages sits comfortably away from the areas with the greatest potential for storm tidal flooding, so premiums remain tolerable.
—William P. Barrett, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
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Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Perhaps, if the Dodgers weren’t facing the prospect of a tight division race in this year’s talented National League West, such problems would have been more tolerable.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
So there’s a mutual agreement between the two, or mutual benefits, that are quite tolerable—or even pleasurable.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
Rising property insurance premiums have caused consternation in hurricane-and-flood-prone Florida, but The Villages sits comfortably away from the areas with the greatest potential for storm tidal flooding, so premiums remain tolerable.
—William P. Barrett, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
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“Tolerable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tolerable. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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