Meaning of INDEFENSIBLE
| Pronunciation: | | `indi'fensubul
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- [adj] incapable of being justified or explained
- [adj] (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified
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| | Synonyms: | | inexcusable, insupportable, unjustifiable, unreasonable, untenable, unwarrantable, unwarranted |
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| | Definition: | | \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, etc.
Men find that something can be said in favor of what,
on the very proposal, they thought utterly
indefensible. --Burke.
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| | Related Terms: | | exceptionable, impossible, inadmissible, inexcusable, inexpiable, intolerable, irremissible, objectionable, unacceptable, unallowable, unconscionable, undesirable, unforgivable, unjustifiable, unpardonable, unreasonable, unsuitable, untenable, unwarrantable |
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