unsupportable
Britishadjective
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not able to be supported
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not able to be defended
unsupportable actions
Example Sentences
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These claims rely on unsupportable logic, but more importantly, they reveal a deeply troubling worldview.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2025
For a mission then expected to only last 5 years, that was unsupportable in the view of some committee members.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 2, 2022
Could MPs who found him unsupportable six weeks ago find him acceptable now?
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2022
Although a few pieces of her evidence rely on tenuous or unsupportable leaps of logic, overall her book represents a worthy addition to this canon.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2021
Life without my Abelard is an unsupportable punishment, and death a most exquisite happiness, if by that means I can be united with him.
From Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Pierre Bayle
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