Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Not tolerant or patient; unwilling to endure difficulties, delays, or the faults of others. Describes a person who shows little or no patience and is quick to become irritated or angry, especially when faced with imperfection, slowness, or opposition.

Usage

• The adjective unforbearing is used to describe a person's character, attitude, or behavior. It is typically followed by the preposition "with" when specifying the object of one's impatience (e.g., unforbearing with someone or something).
• It is a formal word, often used in descriptive or analytical contexts rather than casual conversation.

Examples

• The manager was unforbearing with any form of inefficiency in the workplace.
• His unforbearing nature made him a difficult teacher for anxious students.
• She is often unforbearing when her instructions are not followed immediately.

Advanced Usage

• In a descriptive clause: Used to provide a critical characterization of a person's temperament.
  • Known for being unforbearing, he rarely delegated important tasks.
• As a predicate adjective: Often follows a linking verb like "was," "is," or "seemed."
  • The judge seemed unforbearing during the lengthy testimony.

Variants and Related Words

• Unforbearingly (adverb): In an unforbearing manner.
  • He sighed unforbearingly as the meeting dragged on.
• Forbearing (adjective): The direct antonym, meaning patient, tolerant, and self-controlled.
  • A forbearing parent listens calmly to a child's excuses.

Synonyms

• Impatient: Unable to wait patiently or tolerate delay.
• Intolerant: Not willing to accept views, beliefs, or behavior that differ from one's own.
• Irritable: Having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed.
• Unsympathetic: Not showing sympathy or approval; harsh.

Antonyms

• Forbearing
• Patient
• Tolerant
• Long-suffering

Notes

• unforbearing is a less common word than its synonyms like or . Its use often implies a specific lack of the virtue of forbearance—the restraint of anger or the patient endurance of provocation.

Adjective

1. unwilling to endure
   • she was unforbearing with the slower students