untenable
adjective
(of an argument, thesis, strategy, etc.) incapable of being defended; indefensible.
untenability
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a word derived from
untenable.
Example Sentences
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Hasina appealed to the international community to “understand the untenability of the situation” surrounding the refugees from Myanmar, who are fleeing persecution by the military there.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2019
“I would request the international community to understand the untenability of the situation,” Hasina said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2019
The first step towards relieving this kind of discontent, Haemin suggests, is to recognise the untenability of the demand that you, or anyone you encounter, should demonstrate perfection to begin with.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 12, 2019
During an interview in May and one last year in New York, he was remarkably candid about the untenability of his position.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2018
There was no tincture of Arianism in it; he showed on the contrary, with much power, the utter untenability of that hypothesis.
From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Charles J. (Charles John) Abbey
