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insufferable

[in-suhf-er-uh-buhl] / ɪnˈsʌf ər ə bəl /


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If I’m right, you beat your neighbors by 3% and get to be insufferable about it at barbecues.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 17, 2025

If you’ve made it this far, you may be thinking that the reviewer is one of those insufferable people who criticizes others to burnish his own self-importance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Yes, I am an insufferable nerd: I have been coming to things like this for 20 years.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025

Like the rich families that vacation together in past seasons of “The White Lotus,” the North Carolina brood is a collection of insufferable personalities.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2025

The days will be insufferable for me till your next envelope arrives, it goes without saying.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger




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