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unrelievable

unrelievable

1 9.2
Not possible to make less painful or severe
  • adjective
: insoportable
  • I don't know what I would do if I found myself in constant unrelievable pain.

Examples

  • The doctor explained that the patient's unrelievable pain would require specialized treatment.

  • We must be sure to address the concept of unrelievable pain in any future challenges.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Many people who experience unrelievable suffering often find it hard to cope with daily life.

  • After the accident, he faced unrelievable grief, finding it difficult to move on.

Synonyms

irremediable
vsunrelievable
1 9.6

Not able to be fixed or made better

focuses on inability to be eased or reduced rather than being beyond repair
unappeasable
vsunrelievable
1 8.4

Impossible to calm or satisfy

relates to inability to be eased or reduced, not only failure to calm
unassuageable
vsunrelievable
1 9.9

Impossible to calm or satisfy

is about being impossible to ease or reduce severity rather than just calming
unalleviated
vsunrelievable
  • Formal
1 8.6

It is still painful or serious with no relief

is impossible to ease or lessen rather than simply not yet reduced
unconsolable
vsunrelievable
1 8.0

Extremely sad and not able to be comforted

is about inability to be eased or reduced in severity, not just grief
unmitigable
vsunrelievable
1 9.9

You cannot make it less serious or less strong

is about not able to be eased or reduced in any way
undiminishable
vsunrelievable
1 9.4

Cannot become smaller or weaker

focuses on quantity or force that cannot be reduced rather than comfort
ineliminable
vsunrelievable
1 9.9

Not possible to remove or avoid completely

is about not being reducible in severity rather than impossible to remove
unsoothable
vsunrelievable
  • Archaic
1 8.7

Does not calm down no matter what you do

is broader, about severity that cannot be eased rather than only calming

Antonyms

treatable
  • Specialized
29 3.5

A condition a doctor or medicine can cure

Surface Forms

unrelievable positive

Morphology

unrelievable = relievable (transparent) = un + relieve + able

Formed by straightforward prefixation of 'un-' to 'relievable' (relieve + -able); the negated meaning is directly predictable from the base.

Etymology

The word unrelievable comes from un- 'not' and relieve 'to lift or make lighter', the same root as relief, so it describes pain or discomfort that cannot be eased or made less.