insupportable
4 synonyms and 3 antonyms for insupportable, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Too unpleasant or difficult to put up with.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. adj
Too unpleasant or difficult to put up with.
“Insupportable debts and chronic instability worsen the developing countries’ dependence on aid, and allow the IMF to tighten the screws even more vigorously next time, at the direction of American bankers.”
Opposites
2. adj
(of a claim or argument) Impossible to back up with evidence.
“This is a critical error, which undermines the report and leads the advisory group to make a series of contradictory and insupportable recommendations.”
Opposites
Etymology
Came from Middle French insupportable, from Late Latin insupportabilis; see also in- + supportable.
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