INSUPPORTABLE Synonyms: 130 Similar and Opposite Words

insupportable

adjective

ˌin(t)-sə-ˈpȯr-tə-bəl

Definition of insupportable

as in unbearable

more than can be put up with the insupportable arrogance of that jerk is more than anyone should have to bear

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as in unacceptable

too bad to be excused or justified the organization's racist views have been denounced as morally insupportable

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Recent Examples of insupportable There are people of goodwill who think the way out of this insupportable situation lies in the fight for equal democratic rights in a single state for everyone living in the territory between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. — Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2024 There is no consensus on this in today’s housing discourse, and if anything, the discussion is leaning toward trying to make housing an entitlement, something completely insupportable and undesirable. — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 5 May 2023 The justification for this decision was increasingly insupportable as the 2010s progressed and private launch companies such as SpaceX proved far more efficient than the government. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2023 Some of those women will face insupportable life options and some will die because of Friday’s decision. — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2022 For the English to transplant themselves around the world and rule over others was a natural right, but for a darker-skinned colonial to presume to do the reverse was insupportable. — Fara Dabhoiwala, The New York Review of Books, 1 July 2021

Recent Examples of Synonyms for insupportable

Adjective

Having now seen both movies, there’s no question that Whalefall put him through the more unbearable crucible.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
From Fall 2019, Vaccarello’s collections began not only to recall Saint Laurent’s gestures, but to expand upon and modernize them — testing the extremes of the founder’s silhouettes and codes to generate almost unbearable visual tension.

— Luke Leitch, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of unbearable

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The idea of not spending evenings with my kid is, kids are, is completely unacceptable.

— Michael Birnbaum The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
OpenAI took months to discover the incident and notify the Australian agencies affected — that’s unacceptable by my standard.

— Rumman Chowdhury, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of unacceptable

Adjective

Just not as much as the callous bosses who created this indefensible, toxic situation and the fanatics who once cheered it.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
That level of risk is indefensible in 2026 — more than 25 years after the United States achieved measles elimination.

— Noel T. Brewer, STAT, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of indefensible

Adjective

Chargers-Chiefs game prediction If not for the Chargers’ outrageous injury list, this would make for the perfect situation to pick a surprise Los Angeles win, or at the very least a cover.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
Nené — outrageous and drag-inflected — opens Sebastián up to the power of queerness, and Cruz played a similar role for Guitarricadelafuente.

— Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of outrageous

Adjective

As the only game with a total below 40, this will be aesthetically unforgivable.

— J.J. Bailey, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Poor Maisie Williams, meanwhile, gets stranded in a hospital room watching Maridueña lay around in a coma — unforgivable even if her character is a doctor.

— Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026

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