unendurable

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

Translation

adj. utstående; ikke å kunne tåles; ikke bærekraftig.

Example Sentences

cries of unendurable suffering.

skrik fra uunholdelig lidelse.

Real-world Examples

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

I en atmosfære av oppslittet antisemitisme var skammen av sannheten enkelt uunholdelig.

Source: BBC Listening January 2015 Collection

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

Det var uunholdelig. Ikke engang for Tara ville hun bli her en minutt lengre og bli fornærmet.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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

Etter at hun hadde avvist det hun mente var hennes viktigste seksuelle forretting, gjorde hun deres liv uunholdelig.

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.

Katten lå der og sov på nakne grusen på stien, som om seng, teppe og matt var uunholdelig.

Source: Returning Home

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

Og likevel føles avstanden de ser ut til å pålegge oss, gjennom deres manglende engasjement, uunholdelig og skamfull.

Source: Sociology of Social Relations (Video Version)

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

Han hatte den obersten, hver oberst – livet var uunholdelig.

Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 2)

Life would be unendurable without quarrels.

Livet ville være uunholdelig uten stridigheter.

Source: The Gadfly (Original Version)

The suspense was hideous and unendurable.

Denne spenningen var gruelig og uunholdelig.

Source: The Education of Henry Adams (Volume 1)

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

Frog Philharmonic i Florida-økene og sumpene er uunholdelig i sin søtvannsskjele.

Source: Cross Stream (Part 1)

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

Det enkle faktum av menneskelig erotiske kraft er en uønsket og, i hans alder, nesten uunholdelig ubehagelig.

Source: The Disappearing Horizon

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