insupportable

adj

Etymology

From Middle French insupportable, from Late Latin insupportabilis. See also in- + supportable.

  1. derived from insupportabilis
  2. derived from insupportable

Definitions

  1. That cannot be tolerated or endured.

    • My Lord you do me moſt inſupportable vexation.
  2. That cannot be supported

    That cannot be supported; that cannot be demonstrated or proved. (of a statement, claim, argument, etc.)

    • This is a critical error, which undermines the report and leads the advisory group to make a series of contradictory and insupportable recommendations.
    • For the Conservatives, who came to power in 2006, to claim credit for more than two decades of dropping crime is as laughable as it is insupportable.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA