untenable
Meaning of untenable
adjective
- (especially of a position or view) not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
this argument is clearly untenable
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Hyphenation of untenable
un-ten-able
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- untenable is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
untenable synonyms
Meaning indefensible:
Meaning not justifiable by argument:
Meaning not open to disagreement; indisputable:
Meaning unable to be supported or justified:
Meaning not able to be maintained at the current rate or level:
Meaning not shown to be right or reasonable:
Meaning not justified or authorized:
Meaning not able to be shown to be right or reasonable:
Meaning (especially of evidence in court) not accepted as valid:
Meaning not based on sound or reliable evidence or reasoning:
Meaning insubstantial and easily damaged:
Meaning not convincing or logically forceful:
Meaning shaking or trembling:
Meaning having or characterized by a fundamental weakness or imperfection:
Meaning imperfect or faulty:
Meaning not working or made correctly; having defects:
Meaning (of an argument or statement) not seeming reasonable or probable; failing to convince:
Meaning superficially plausible, but actually wrong:
Meaning not based on any good reason:
Meaning having no foundation or basis in fact:
Meaning without foundation in fact:
Meaning a person made weak or disabled by illness or injury:
Meaning wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate:
Meaning lacking sense or clear, sound reasoning:
Meaning not logical or reasonable:
Meaning contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous:
Meaning (of a person) unconscious:
Meaning not satisfactory or allowable:
untenable antonyms
Meaning able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection:
Meaning justifiable by argument:
Translation of untenable
- Italian: insostenibile
- Spanish: insostenible
- French: insoutenable
- German: unhaltbar
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