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unbearable

adjective as in very bad; too much

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Those countries legalized euthanasia for patients terminally ill with, say, cancer, at the turn of the 21st century—then expanded it to include those who say their psychiatric conditions are incurable and unbearable.

It also allows for assisted dying if treatment offers no reasonable prospect of recovery or improvement in the patient's condition, but not to end unbearable suffering from mental illness.

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The 1999 pilot wasn’t picked up, and while Mr. Apatow found “these moments of disappointment almost completely unbearable . . . on some other sick level it was the fuel that kept me working hard.”

Atkinson began his professional career against the backdrop of the unbearable tragedy of his mother dying in a road traffic accident.

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Each container is racking up $150–$200 in daily port charges, the group said, adding: "With thousands of containers stuck, the collective economic burden has become unbearable and continues to grow with each passing day."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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