[syn: indefensible, insupportable, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Indefensible \In`de*fen"si*ble\, [Pref. in- not + defensible:
cf. OF. indefensible, indefensable.]
Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained,
vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable; as, an
indefensible fortress, position, cause, statement, etc.
[1913 Webster]
Men find that something can be said in favor of what,
on the very proposal, they thought utterly
indefensible. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
indefensible
adj 1: (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or
justified [syn: indefensible, untenable]
2: not able to be protected against attack
3: incapable of being justified or explained [syn:
indefensible, insupportable, unjustifiable,
unwarrantable, unwarranted]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "indefensible":
exceptionable, impossible, inadmissible, inexcusable, inexpiable,
intolerable, irremissible, objectionable, unacceptable,
unallowable, unconscionable, undesirable, unforgivable,
unjustifiable, unpardonable, unreasonable, unsuitable, untenable,
unwarrantable