Untenable synonyms

ŭn-tĕn'ə-bəl

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unsupportable
Not able to be supported or endured.
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unreasonable
Excessive; immoderate; exorbitant
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unsound
In horse management an unsound horse is one suffering ill-health that affects its suitability for its intended work.
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illogical (related)
Contradicting or disregarding the principles of logic.
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flawed
Having a flaw
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indefensible
That cannot be justified or excused; inexcusable
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unworkable (related)
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unfeasible (related)
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implausible (related)
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impractical (related)
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Untenable Sentence Examples

  • On the 21st of January Dr Saenz Pena at last perceived that his position was untenable, and he handed in his resignation.

  • Finding his position there to be untenable, he retreated still farther to the country of his own tribe, while his rival advanced to Ispahan, where he received the submission of nearly all the chief cities of Persia.

  • None the less is the position in itself an untenable one and the parent of scepticism.

  • and "reality," the current accounts of which it finds untenable or unmeaning.

  • Hadrian's first important act was to abandon as untenable the conquests of Trajan beyond the Euphrates (Assyria, Mesopotamia and Armenia), a recurrence to the traditional policy of Augustus.

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