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tolerable

 adjective
     
tol‧e‧ra‧ble
1 a situation that is tolerable is not very good, but you are able to accept it [≠ intolerable; ↪ tolerate]:
The apartment is really too small, but it's tolerable for the time being.
2 unpleasant or painful and only just able to be accepted [≠ intolerable; ↪ tolerate]:
The heat in this room is barely tolerable.
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