untenable
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8.2
- adjective
- /ʌnˈtɛnəbl/
:
insostenible
- And that's what made my position untenable.
- untenable position
- untenable situation
- untenable argument
The right and the left both hold untenable views about the economy.
- The right and the left both hold untenable views about the economy.
- And and that was, you know, untenable for their national security.
- And, you know, it was becoming an untenable situation.
- And, and it quickly becomes an untenable situation.
- She taught all, but staying in Germany became untenable.
- From Ofcom's point of view, that's untenable.
- These discriminatory laws persist to date in some countries, such as Lebanon, and are given untenable justifications on the political front.
- I'm sure it's doable, you know, but as it scales, as the scale increases, it's completely untenable.
- And if you have narcissistic siblings whom you have to work with, then this type of situation is untenable.
- I think the DEI view of the world is untenable in the long run in this country, and I think the people who adhere to it are desperate.
- I'm normally working on a book all the time and somehow, like a lot of you during COVID, that just became weirdly untenable.
- Any of our modern understanding of life makes that an untenable thought.
- So the, so the, the reality of the world you live in is untenable.
Examples
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I think the DEI view of the world is untenable in the long run in this country, and I think the people who adhere to it are desperate.
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After the scandal, his position in the organization became untenable and he had to resign.
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The right and the left both hold untenable views about the economy.
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And they have left us in this untenable position.
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Our marriage has become untenable.
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However, scholars have pointed out several untenable errors in the court's analysis.
Academic text (1994) -
Justice Scalia has also identified himself with this view, but the position is similarly untenable.
Academic text (2008) -
But this postwar strategy of economic expansion became increasingly untenable by the mid-1980s.
Academic text (1991) -
Considering the military aspects of the situation, we have agreed that with fewer than 400 men, to defend a perimeter of over 2 miles, the position is untenable.
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Socialists and capitalists alike considered these maldistributions untenable, albeit for very different reasons.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
24
7.5
People cannot show a decision or action is right when others criticize it
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6.8
You cannot show it is right or acceptable
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6.8
No one can show it is right
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7.8
Impossible to defend or accept without proof
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7.4
Too weak to be protected from attack or criticism
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8.1
An action or comment that no one can give a good reason for
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9.2
Cannot be shown to be right or fair
Not possible to show as right or acceptable
Cannot be supported by proof or good reasons
Not able to be proved with evidence
Not able to be defended in an argument or court
Antonyms
How Tenable
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5.5
- Formal
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7.1
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5.0
69
1.0
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8.2
24
7.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Untenable breaks into un- 'not' and tenable, which comes from an old word meaning 'to hold' and is the same root behind words like retain and tenant. So something untenable cannot be 'held' or defended, which is why the word now means a position or idea you cannot protect from criticism.