insupportable

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"But the mask which I have worn so long is becoming insupportable --insupportable.

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  1. adjective Not endurable; intolerable: insupportable mental anguish.
  2. adjective Lacking grounds or defense; unjustifiable: an insupportable claim.

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  1. = French insupportable = Portuguese insupportavel, from Late Latin insupportabilis, not supportable, from in- privative + supportabilis, supportable: see supportable.
 

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/ɪnsəˈpoʊrtəbl/
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