unforbearing

1. 1.

   unwilling to endure

   “she was unforbearing with the slower students”

   Similarimpatient

Questions about unforbearing

What does unforbearing mean?

unforbearing means "unwilling to endure".

How many syllables are in unforbearing?

unforbearing has 5 syllables and divides as un-for-be-a-ring under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is unforbearing a common word?

unforbearing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.