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intolerable

adjective as in unacceptable; beyond bearing

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“This report clearly delineates numerous and frequent instances of faculty who violated the rules and joined the encampments or made comments in their classrooms that were not consistent with rules ... yet the report indicates that not one faculty member was disciplined by the Academic Senate. That seems intolerable to me and has to change,” he said.

Many voters are genuinely frustrated with high costs of housing and groceries, and remember lower interest rates and cheaper gas under Trump; many genuinely do see undocumented immigration as out of control, overwhelming the fragile support systems in their cities, and contributing to the kind of low-level disorder and dysfunction they find increasingly intolerable.

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Congress could not have been clearer that these purges are prohibited because the risk to citizens’ civil rights are intolerable.

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“I’ll tell you that I welcome the risk because this is intolerable.”

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An intolerable odor overwhelmed the scent of Pine-Sol.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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