Meanings
comparative more unsupportable · superlative most unsupportable
- Not able to be supported or endured.
Robert told Tunstall-Pedoe that this must be a "completely unsupportable conclusion."
2010 November 30, Mark Memmott, “Was April 11, 1954, Really 'The Most Boring Day'?”, in NPRSynonyms: insupportable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot able to be supported or endured.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot able to be supported or defended
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishunsupportable
- Englishunsupportable
From Middle English unsupportable, equivalent to un- + supportable.
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
unsupportable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsupportable
“unsupportable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsupportable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsupportable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsupportable.
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