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untragbar: intolerable — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

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untragbar

intolerable

so unacceptable or intolerable that it cannot reasonably be allowed to continue

IPA/ˈʊnˌtʁaːkbaːɐ̯/

Primary stress falls on un-, with secondary stress on trag-.

Meaning 1neutral · 90%

so unacceptable or intolerable that it cannot reasonably be allowed to continue

Die dauerhafte Überlastung der Beschäftigten ist auf Dauer untragbar.

Ohne Reformen würden die Folgekosten für den Haushalt untragbar.

Persönliche Angriffe auf Kolleginnen sind in einer sachlichen Debatte untragbar.

The adjective is strongly evaluative: it signals that a limit of acceptability has been crossed.

— an intolerable burden

eine untragbare Belastung

politisch untragbar — politically untenable

Use untragbar when a situation, burden, or behavior is judged too serious to continue or accept.

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Which situation is naturally described as untragbar?

The adjective is strongly evaluative: it signals that a limit of acceptability has been crossed.