insupportable
pronunciation
How to pronounce insupportable in British English:
UK [ˌɪnsəˈpɔ:təbl]
How to pronounce insupportable in American English:
US [ˌɪnsəˈpɔrtəbl]
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- Adjective:
- incapable of being justified or explained
Word Origin
- insupportable (adj.)
- 1520s, from French insupportable (14c.) or directly from Late Latin insupportabilis, from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + Latin supportare "to carry" (see support).
Example
- 1. A precipitous fall in the currency can make these debts insupportable .
- 2. Insupportable debts are the core of the us economy 's difficulties .
- 3. It is ludicrous to argue that this would be an insupportable burden .
- 4. If credit were too easy , he argued , entrepreneurs would embark on overambitious projects that take too long to reach fruition and make insupportable claims on society 's resources .
- 5. Cause it 's an idiotic , insupportable idea .