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US
/ˈtɑɫɝəbəɫ/
]
[ UK /tˈɒləɹəbəl/ ]
[ UK /tˈɒləɹəbəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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about average; acceptable
more than adequate as a secretary -
capable of being borne or endured
the climate is at least tolerable
How To Use tolerable In A Sentence
- I just know that one beer bash was fine, two was tolerable, and the third was just a way to eat up time on Memorial Day.
- Life for some researchers has become almost intolerable. Times, Sunday Times
- Problems in his personal life became intolerable for him and he felt unable to face his future.
- Between slabs of bread the crispness was tolerable.
- Because Selma University was unaccredited, Spring Hill wanted Motley to enter as a freshman, which she found intolerable.
- Unlike the "caucus" threads, the article and reply posts of an "ecumenic" thread can discuss more than one belief, but antagonism is not tolerable. Latest Articles
- The pain keeps hitting me in waves, ranging from barely tolerable to excruciating.
- Three-quarters of the world's population live in conditions that people in the West would find intolerable.
- An extension in opening times will increase the pressure to intolerable levels.
- Fortunately there's a six-game home stand stuck in the middle of the March gauntlet that makes those two weeks tolerable.