unbearability

noun

unbearability

noun

Etymology From un- + bear + -ability.

1

The quality of being unbearable.

  • 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:
  • My wrist used to ache to the point of unbearability.1932, The Argosy, volume 12, page 61:
1 more example
  • Feeling stuffed to near unbearability, the pair slowly made their way back towards home.2015, Sybil Howe, Simple Reality:

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