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untenable

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un·ten·a·ble  (n-tn-bl)
adj.
1. Being such that defense or maintenance is impossible: an untenable position.
2. Being such that occupation or habitation is impossible: untenable quarters.

un·tena·bili·ty, un·tena·ble·ness n.
un·tena·bly adv.

untenable [ʌnˈtɛnəbəl]
adj
1. (of theories, propositions, etc.) incapable of being maintained, defended, or vindicated
2. unable to be maintained against attack
3. Rare (of a house, etc.) unfit for occupation
untenability , untenableness n
untenably  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.untenableuntenable - (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified
unreasonable - not reasonable; not showing good judgment

untenable
Translations
untenable [ˈʌnˈtenəbl] ADJinsostenible
untenable [ˌʌnˈtɛnəbəl] adj (= position) → intenable (= argument, theory) → indéfendable
untenable
adj (lit, fig)unhaltbar
untenable [ʌnˈtɛnəbl] adj (position) → insostenibile
untenable [ʌnˈtɛnəbl] adj (position) → insostenibile


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His opinion, for example, of Sir Henry Wotton's "Verses on the Queen of Bohemia"-that "there are few finer things in our language," is untenable and absurd.
Or if this postulate is as untenable as all the others, still I am very glad that I did not then lose any fact of the majesty, and beauty, and pathos of the great certain measures for the sake of that fourth dimension of the poem which is not yet made palpable or visible.
Of the different grounds which have been taken in opposition to the plan of the convention, there is none that was so little to have been expected, or is so untenable in itself, as the one from which this particular provision has been attacked.
 
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