insupportable
2
7.8
- adjective
- /ˌɪnˈsʌpərtəbəl/
- Formal
:
insostenible
- The idea that everyone can be treated equally under such laws is insupportable in practice.
- insupportable burden
- claims of insupportable
- seemed insupportable
Examples
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That's a bad argument because it's an insupportable statement.
Blog text (23) -
That statement is not only insupportable, but preposterous on its face.
Blog text (29) -
Meritocracies are as insupportable as criminal justice systems.
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Indeed, the very idea that parents or any other adults have "rights" over children is morally insupportable.
Academic text (1998) -
As I tried to point out, his positions are logically insupportable (and, what's more, he doesn't even try to support them).
Blog text (23) -
First, the notion that science on the model of physics is necessarily the best way of acquiring a general understanding of law seems to me insupportable in light of what serious philosophers of the social sciences have had to say about understanding human behavior.
Academic text (1997) -
Its emerging conclusion is that two primary factors inhibit its workability as a vehicle of reform and render the argument for commercial engagement fundamentally insupportable.
Academic text (1997) -
The notion of Bosnia in multiethnic harmony before the current struggle is an insupportable myth that could be maintained only by a centralized Communist system.
Academic text (1997) -
This line of argument harked back to traditional supplications for redress, in that it explained how insupportable burdens were ruining the locality.
Academic text (1993) -
His claim that the project would save money was insupportable without any evidence to back it up.
Synonyms
31
7.0
Not having a good reason or official permission
27
8.2
Impossible to defend against criticism
24
7.5
People cannot show a decision or action is right when others criticize it
19
7.0
Something people cannot understand or find a clear reason for
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6.8
You cannot show it is right or acceptable
4
6.8
No one can show it is right
1
7.4
Too weak to be protected from attack or criticism
1
8.1
An action or comment that no one can give a good reason for
1
9.2
Cannot be shown to be right or fair
Not possible to show as right or acceptable
Not able to be proved with evidence
Cannot be supported by proof or good reasons
Not able to be defended in an argument or court
Antonyms
How Justifiable
Surface Forms
Morphology
insupportable = supportable (semi-transparent) = in + support + able
The prefix 'in-' straightforwardly negates the adjective 'supportable'.
Etymology
Insupportable comes from in- 'not' and support 'to hold up', the same root as the common word support. So an insupportable argument is one that cannot be 'held up' or defended and therefore cannot be accepted.