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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

insupportabilis

: cf. F.

insupportable

. See

not, and

Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable;

as,

insupportable

burdens;

insupportable

pain.

–

Inˊsup-port′a-ble-ness

Noun.

–

Inˊsup-port′a-bly

adv.

, a.

That cannot be supported or borne; as the weight or burden is insupportable.

That cannot be borne or endured; insufferable; intolerable. We say of heat or cold, insult, indignity or disgrace, it is insupportable.