The phrase "about bearable" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express a level of tolerability or acceptability, but it lacks clarity without additional context.
Example: "The situation was about bearable, but it could have been better."
Alternatives: "somewhat tolerable" or "fairly acceptable."
I've learned that the longer the doctor takes in applying the anaesthetic, the less the pain – and an extra 15 minutes makes the difference between the excruciating and the just about bearable.
They will never go away, but they may become what Professor Cowie describes as "just about bearable".
But it's an even better bet to save the pub for your best girl friend and a bottle of Pinot Blush – then it's just about bearable.
Such mythologising was just about bearable within its own world, but elsewhere it jarred.
It was dreadful but just about bearable last time, losing to a young guy who caught the zeitgeist and spoke like an angel.
Gulliver found the sight of "a Politician, a Whoremonger, a Traitor" just about bearable, because they made no pretence to be other than Yahoos.
Covered in the kind of tattoos you'd see on the sort of guy who wears a vest to Face Down and with an inevitably over-egged rendition, rest assured Leto's Joker will be about as bearable to watch as a livestream of brutal ivory poaching.
It now takes just 24 hours, a headache but just about a bearable one.
While the show is a bit short on artistic nutrients, the cumulative effect says almost more than is bearable about the combination of delusion and oppression that fuels everyday life.
"All of the players we brought in, just about brought the numbers up to bearable.
This love of wealth and glamour would be bearable (just about) were it not for the fact that it is now routinely accompanied by a moral self-righteousness.
