intolerable
/ɪnˈtɑləɹəbl̩/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.17 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Extremely worn and degraded, to the point of being unsafe.
Example Sentences
- "It is an intolerable sound that sets spoons tinkling in saucers and windowpanes vibrating."
- "“I call on all citizens of Berlin and across Germany to wear the yarmulke (as the skullcap is known in Yiddish) next Saturday if there are new, intolerable attacks targeting Israel and Jews on the occasion of Al-Quds Day in Berlin,” said Felix Klein in a statement."
- "o take apart an ageing nuclear facility, you have to put a lot of other things together first. New technologies, for instance, and new buildings to replace the intolerable ones, and new reserves of money."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English intolerable, borrowed from Middle French intolerable, from Latin intolerābilis. By surface analysis, in- + tolerable.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: intolerable, intolerābilis
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪnˈtɑləɹəbl̩/
- British English: /ɪnˈtɒləɹəbl̩/