intolerable

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English

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From Middle French intolerable, from Latin intolerābilis. By surface analysis, in- +‎ tolerable.

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intolerable (comparative more intolerable, superlative most intolerable)

  1. Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured.
    Synonyms: insufferable, insupportable, unbearable, unsittable
  2. Extremely offensive or insulting.
    • 1971, William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead, page 4:
      It is an intolerable sound that sets spoons tinkling in saucers and windowpanes vibrating.
  3. (nuclear power) Extremely worn and degraded, to the point of being unsafe.
    • December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian[1]:
      o take apart an ageing nuclear facility, you have to put a lot of other things together first. New technologies, for instance, and new buildings to replace the intolerable ones, and new reserves of money.

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Catalan

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Borrowed from Latin intolerābilis. By surface analysis, in- +‎ tolerable.

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intolerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural intolerables)

  1. intolerable
    Synonym: insuportable
    Antonym: tolerable

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin intolerābilis. By surface analysis, in- +‎ tolerable.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /intoleˈɾable/ [ĩn̪.t̪o.leˈɾa.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Syllabification: in‧to‧le‧ra‧ble

Adjective

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intolerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural intolerables)

  1. intolerable
    Synonym: insoportable
    Antonym: tolerable

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