unbearability

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noun

The quality of being unbearable.

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Meanings

noununbearability (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being unbearable.

    My wrist used to ache to the point of unbearability.

    1932, The Argosy, volume 12, page 61
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    For it must be confessed that coins current, like feudal tyrants, may sometimes reach the point of unbearability; men can put up with their exacting and impracticable nature no longer.

    1857, “Terror in the till”, in The National Magazine, volume 1, page 300

    Feeling stuffed to near unbearability, the pair slowly made their way back towards home.

    2015, Sybil Howe, Simple Reality

Origin

From un- + bear + -ability.

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APA

unbearability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbearability

MLA

“unbearability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbearability. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbearability,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbearability.

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