as in overly
beyond a normal or acceptable limit
a lot of the classes required for graduation are hard, but that one is intolerably difficult
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Recent Examples of intolerably
This picture book is immersive, evoking the itch of a sweater or the satisfying softness of a banana (as opposed to other intolerably crunchy snacks).
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Sara Rowe Mount, Parents, 15 Oct. 2025
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The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with less knowledge or skill feel overly confident.—
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Officials in Brussels, Berlin, and Paris viewed early proposals as overly concessive to Moscow, insufficiently safeguarding Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity — particularly regarding Donbas, Crimea, and possible concessions beyond current lines of control.—
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With the offices too small for his liking, Vince converted the executive conference room into his personal suite.—
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Her lips shine, too, with an ombré look in tawny brown hues, an effect created by makeup artist Bella Mayven with Charlotte Tilbury's Lip Cheat pencil in Foxy Brown and Big Lip Plumpgasm gloss in Nudegasm Diamonds.—
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Does your ankle wobble excessively or feel unstable?—
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Another recall in October affected more than 63,000 vehicles due to excessively bright headlights that risked blinding other drivers.—
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“Intolerably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intolerably. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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