unsufferably
- adverb
- /ʌnˈsʌfərəbli/
- He complained unsufferably about the long wait.
Examples
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The room became unsufferably hot as the sun beat down all afternoon.
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He found her arrogance unsufferably annoying during the entire meeting.
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The noise from the construction site was unsufferably loud every morning.
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The heat was unsufferably intense during the summer.
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The lecture was delivered in an unsufferably dull manner, causing many students to fall asleep.
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Waiting in the unsufferably long queue made us question whether we should have come here at all.
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The movie was so unsufferably slow that I wanted to leave halfway through.
Synonyms
In a very painful or strong way
So strong or bad that you cannot stand it
In a way that causes very strong physical pain or deep worry
In a very annoying way that people cannot stand
Too strong or bad for you to stand
Antonyms
How Bearable
Surface Forms
Morphology
unsufferably = unsufferable (transparent) = un + suffer + able + ly
Formed by a regular adverbial derivation from 'unsufferable' (+-ly); the step is productive and predictable for learners.
Etymology
Unsufferably is made of un- 'not', suffer 'to bear or put up with', and -ably 'in a way'. Think of trying to carry a heavy load you cannot bear, and unsufferably describes something so bad you cannot endure.