unbearability

English

Etymology

un- +‎ bear +‎ -ability

Noun

unbearability (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being unbearable.
    • 1857, “Terror in the till”, in The National Magazine‎, volume 1, page 300:
      For it must be confessed that coins current, like feudal tyrants, may sometimes reach the point of unbearability; men can put up with their exacting and impracticable nature no longer.
    • 1932, The Argosy, volume 12, page 61:
      My wrist used to ache to the point of unbearability.
    • 2015, Sybil Howe, Simple Reality‎:
      Feeling stuffed to near unbearability, the pair slowly made their way back towards home.
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