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indefensible [ˌɪndɪˈfɛnsəbəl] adj
1. not justifiable or excusable 2. capable of being disagreed with; untenable 3. incapable of defence against attack indefensibility , indefensibleness n indefensibly adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
indefensible adjective unforgivable, wrong, inexcusable, unjustifiable, untenable, unpardonable, insupportable, unwarrantable She described their actions as `morally indefensible'. legitimate, justifiable, defensible, tenable, forgivable, excusable, supportable, pardonable, warrantable Translations indefensible [ˌɪndɪˈfensəbl] ADJ 1. (= unjustifiable) [conduct, action] → injustificable, inexcusable; [idea, policy] → indefendible, insostenible 2. (= vulnerable) [town, country] → indefendible indefensible adj behaviour, remark etc → unentschuldbar, nicht zu rechtfertigend attr → or rechtfertigen pred; cause, theory → unhaltbar, unvertretbar; policy → unhaltbar; morally indefensible → moralisch nicht vertretbar indefensible [ˌɪndɪˈfɛnsəbl] adj (town) → indifendibile; (conduct) → ingiustificabile indefensible [ˌɪndɪˈfɛnsəbl] adj (town) → indifendibile; (conduct) → ingiustificabile How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| If it had been found impracticable to have devised models of a more perfect structure, the enlightened friends to liberty would have been obliged to abandon the cause of that species of government as indefensible. And this delay, which is indefensible, was his second step into the snares of fortune. That her manner was wrong, however, at times very wrong, her measures often ill-chosen and ill-timed, and her looks and language very often indefensible, Fanny could not cease to feel; but she began to hope they might be rectified. |
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