insupportable

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For a culture so neurocentric — so brain-bound, as Mr. Clark later called it — this was an insupportable notion, a bridge too far.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 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

Crain’s 13-page divorce petition states the couple’s marriage “has become insupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities,” according to the documents published online by the Smoking Gun.

From Washington Post • Jul. 24, 2018

And then you have three high-value journalists resign because a major story is insupportable and has to be retracted.

From Washington Times • Oct. 25, 2017

The GAC had reached the conclusion that the intensified test schedule really was placing insupportable pressure on Los Alamos; sooner or later, Oppenheimer feared, the workload would erode the quality of the lab’s product.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik