indefensible

Adjective
Synonyms: untenableinsupportableunjustifiableunwarrantableunwarranted

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  1. (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justifiedSynonyms: untenable
  2. not able to be protected against attack
  3. incapable of being justified or explainedSynonyms: insupportableunjustifiableunwarrantableunwarranted
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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