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語源

From Middle French intolerable, from Latin intolerābilis. Synchronically, in- +‎ tolerable.

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɑləɹəbl̩/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɒləɹəbl̩/
• ハイフネーション: in‧tol‧er‧able

形容詞

intolerable (comparative more intolerable, superlative most intolerable)

1. Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured.

   Synonyms: insufferable, insupportable, unbearable, unsittable

2. Extremely offensive or insulting.
   • 1971, William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead, page 4

     It is an intolerable sound that sets spoons tinkling in saucers and windowpanes vibrating.

3. (nuclear power) Extremely worn and degraded, to the point of being unsafe.
   • December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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.

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参照

• intolerable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• intolerable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913