INSUPPORTABLE

indefensible, insupportable, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted

(adjective) incapable of being justified or explained

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

insupportable (comparative more insupportable, superlative most insupportable)

That cannot be tolerated or endured.

(of a statement, claim, argument, etc.) That cannot be supported; that cannot be demonstrated or proved.

Synonyms

• (made up of particularly small pieces): insufferable, intolerable, unbearable, unendurable

• (that cannot be demonstrated): indefensible, untenable

Source: Wiktionary


In`sup*port"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. insupportabilis: cf. F. insupportable. See In- not, and Support.]

Definition: Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens; insupportable pain.

– In`sup*port"a*ble*ness, n.

– In`sup*port"a*bly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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