Etymology

unbearable

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Today it means: So unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable. Full definition →

Middle English unberable
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromunberable
  2. English todayunbearable

From Middle English unberable, equivalent to un- + bearable.

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