Semibearable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Somewhat but not entirely bearable not-comparable

    "The semibearable heaviness of Philip Kaufman, at least in his last three features--Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Wanderers, and The Right Stuff--is largely a matter of an only half-disguised didactic impulse, a notion that he's got something to teach us."

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"The semibearable heaviness of Philip Kaufman, at least in his last three features--Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Wanderers, and The Right Stuff--is largely a matter of an only half-disguised didactic impulse, a notion that he's got something to teach us."

Etymology

From semi- + bearable.

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