untenable
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untenable
Rhymes with -ɛnəbəl
adjective more untenable · most untenable
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Not able to be held or sustained, such as of an opinion or position.
The theory of cold fusion was untenable.
Similar: unholdable, indefensible, unsustainable · Opposite: tenable, defensible, sustainable
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Unfit for habitation.
[…] ceilings, staircases, all that make a house habitable had vanished in the flare of his conflagration, and since his soul could no longer dwell there, it dwelt instead, so to speak, in the pleasant garden which surrounded the untenable house.
Opposite: habitable
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: indefensible, unreasonable, impractical, impracticable, unfeasible, unsupportable, unjustifiable, unworkable, unachievable, unmanageable, unattainable, unviable, inconceivable, unthinkable, impossible, infeasible
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adj Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
| Español | insostenible, indefendible |
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| 中文 | 站不住腳的 /站不住脚的, 立場薄弱的 /立场薄弱的 |
| Português | insustentável |
| Français | intenable, insoutenable |
| Deutsch | unhaltbar, unvertretbar |
| Italiano | insostenibile, indifendibile |
| Русский | несостоя́тельный nesostojátelʹnyj |
adj unfit for habitation
| Español | inhabitable |
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| Deutsch | unwirtlich, unbewohnbar |
| Ελληνικά | ακατοίκητος akatoíkitos |
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