unendurable

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After her parents’ divorce, when she was 9, her childhood was marked by nearly unendurable feelings of isolation and low self-esteem.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Paola Marra, who had terminal bowel cancer, died on Wednesday at the Swiss clinic - where people with illnesses leading to death, or unendurable pain or disability, can end their life.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2024

The movie is unendurable in a different way.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2023

Her characters might suffer from a great many maladies but none more soul-draining than aesthetic poverty, none more unendurable than grayscale lives.

From Scientific American • Apr. 29, 2022

Only once or twice in a summer—on days of unendurable heat, teachers dismissed school, masters closed shops, and the boys ran down to the wharves to swim.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes