unendurable

[US]/ʌnɪn'djʊərəb(ə)l/
[UK]/ˌʌnɪn'dʊrəbl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. intollerabile; non in grado di essere sopportato; non sostenibile.

Example Sentences

cries of unendurable suffering.

grida di insopportabile sofferenza

Real-world Examples

In an atmosphere of casual anti-semitism the shame of truth was simply unendurable.

In un'atmosfera di antisemitismo casuale, la vergogna della verità era semplicemente insopportabile.

Source: BBC Listening January 2015 Collection

It was unendurable. Not even for Tara would she stay here another minute and be insulted.

Era insopportabile. Nemmeno per Tara sarebbe rimasta qui un altro minuto e sarebbe stata insultata.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Upon which impeachment of what to her was her most essential sex-prerogative, she made their lives unendurable.

Su quale impeachment di ciò che per lei era il suo diritto sessuale più essenziale, resero la loro vita insopportabile.

Source: The Call of the Wild

There lay the cat asleep on the bare gravel of the path, as if beds, rugs, and carpets were unendurable.

Lì giaceva il gatto addormentato sulla nuda ghiaia del sentiero, come se letti, tappeti e moquette fossero insopportabili.

Source: Returning Home

And yet the distance they appear to be imposing on us, through their lack of engagement, feels unendurable and humiliating.

Eppure la distanza che sembrano voler imporci, a causa della loro mancanza di coinvolgimento, sembra insopportabile e umiliante.

Source: Sociology of Social Relations (Video Version)

He hated that officer, every officer—life was unendurable.

Odiava quell'ufficiale, ogni ufficiale: la vita era insopportabile.

Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 2)

Life would be unendurable without quarrels.

La vita sarebbe insopportabile senza litigi.

Source: The Gadfly (Original Version)

The suspense was hideous and unendurable.

La suspense era orribile e insopportabile.

Source: The Education of Henry Adams (Volume 1)

The frog Philharmonic of the Florida lakes and marshes is unendurable in its sweetness.

La Philharmonic dei rospi dei laghi e delle paludi della Florida è insopportabile nella sua dolcezza.

Source: Cross Stream (Part 1)

The mere presence of human passions is an unwelcome and, at his age, an almost unendurable unpleasantness.

La semplice presenza di passioni umane è indesiderata e, alla sua età, una sgradevolezza quasi insopportabile.

Source: The Disappearing Horizon

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