[ adv ] to an unacceptable degree <adv.all> The percentage of lead in our drinking water is unacceptably high
Intolerable \In*tol"er*a*ble\, a. [F. intol['e]rable, L. intolerabilis. See {In-} not, and {Tolerable}.] 1. Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable; as, intolerable pain; intolerable heat or cold; an intolerable burden.
His insolence is more intolerable Than all the princes in the land beside. --Shak.
4. Enormous.
This intolerable deal of sack. --Shak. -- {In*tol"er*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*tol"er*a*bly}, adv.
He acknowledged, however, that Washington's "drug-related murder rate is intolerably high.
Nadim Sawalha's Vladimir makes up more than he ever says right, and when it is right it is intolerably prosaic.