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supportable

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From Middle English supportable, equivalent to support + -able, or possibly from Middle French supportable.

adjective more supportable · most supportable

  1. Capable of being supported, upheld, maintained, or defended. A ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.

    Similar: defensible, excusable, justifiable, pardonable, tenable, upholdable · Opposite: indefensible, insupportable, unsupportable

  2. Capable of being borne, endured, or tolerated; endurable. [...]supportable To make the dear loss, have I means much weaker Than you may call to comfort you, for I Have lost my daughter.

    Similar: allowable, bearable, sufferable, abideable, acceptable, admissible, permissible, supportable, tolerable, endurable, livable, portable · Opposite: insupportable, intolerable, unabideable, unbearable, unsupportable

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adj capable of being tolerated; endurable

Русскийтерпи́мый terpímyj, сно́сный snósnyj

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@misc{supportable_2026,
  title = {supportable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/supportable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}