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insupportable

[in-suh-pawr-tuh-buhl, -pohr-] / ˌɪn səˈpɔr tə bəl, -ˈpoʊr- /


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In “Exit the King,” he confronts the insupportable reality of death with the same madcap delirium of his better known works, such as “The Bald Soprano,” “The Chairs” and “Rhinoceros.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

For a culture so neurocentric — so brain-bound, as Mr. Clark later called it — this was an insupportable notion, a bridge too far.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2021

That’s insupportable, and in fact, it’s highly doubtful that most citizens of the District would support such a measure.

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2019

“It is my aunts who are being driven by malice and greed to make the vexatious, false, and insupportable allegations which form the basis of their probate lawsuit in New Hampshire,” he said.

From Washington Times • Feb. 7, 2018

The enforced passivity of their defence, the interminable waiting, became insupportable.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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