intolerable
IPA: ɪntˈɑɫɝʌbʌɫ
adjective
- Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured.
- Extremely offensive or insulting.
- (nuclear power) Extremely worn and degraded, to the point of being unsafe.
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Examples of "intolerable" in Sentences
- The actor had sued Big Pictures and its founder Darryn Lyons over what she described as intolerable intrusions by pursuing photographers.
- This I find inexcusable but what I find completely intolerable is the suggestion that our soldiers serving in the United States Military of
- Noel Gallagher looked back in anger tonight as he revealed he had quit Oasis because of what he described as intolerable "violent and verbal intimidation".
- "Today I have reported that the figure exceeds 5,000," Pillay told reporters after briefing the council in closed session on what she called the "intolerable situation" in Syria.
- Human Rights in China, an advocacy group based in New York, and said he was doing so because of what he called the intolerable situation in Tibetan areas and China's suppression of news about it.
- Chairman Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican, says that Chinese efforts to steal U.S. technology via the Internet have reached what he called an "intolerable level," and has called on the United States and its allies to pressure Beijing to stop.
- In another expression of deep-seated suspicion of Beijing's intentions toward the U.S., Rep. Mike Rogers, Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee, said Chinese efforts to steal U.S. technology via the Internet have reached what he called an "intolerable level."
- In another expression of deep-seated suspicion of Beijing's intentions toward the U.S., the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said Chinese efforts to steal U.S. technology via the Internet have reached what he called an "intolerable level."
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