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insupportable

[in-suh-pawr-tuh-buhl, -pohr-] / ˌɪn səˈpɔr tə bəl, -ˈpoʊr- /


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But, in the wake of #MeToo, Time’s Up and Rudin’s defenestration, those narratives are looking increasingly insupportable as generational attitudes shift regarding power, accountability and workplace culture.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2021

That would be an unprecedented and insupportable departure from the centuries-old tradition that the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2021

On the other hand, if Mr. Sorkin did not make major changes, the play would be both structurally and politically insupportable in 2018.

From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2018

“It is my aunts who are being driven by malice and greed to make the vexatious, false, and insupportable allegations which form the basis of their probate lawsuit in New Hampshire,” he said.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 7, 2018

The enforced passivity of their defence, the interminable waiting, became insupportable.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams


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