Definition of untenable in English:

untenable

adjectiveʌnˈtɛnəb(ə)lˌənˈtɛnəb(ə)l

(especially of a position or view) not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
（尤指阵地，观点）守不住的；站不住脚的，不能辩护的
this argument is clearly untenable
这论据很明显是站不住脚的。
Example sentencesExamples
- His stance just let the issue grow more out of control and brought his own status at the helm of the Spanish team to an almost untenable position.
- Another common theme is the debunking of the fringe pseudosciences or other untenable positions.
- It sounds like an untenable situation, but he remains upbeat.
- His position is untenable one unless he means us to make a bonfire not just of Dilthey but Nietzsche and Heidegger too.
- We tend to jump to untenable conclusions, swayed by popular impressions or simple emotions.
- The meeting unanimously agreed that the current situation at the hospital was untenable.
- He's been put in an untenable position and his future in the ruling coalition is being debated openly.
- He accepted the agreement after he said his condition was untenable.
- That is absolutely absurd and untenable and, in our submission, a serious deficiency.
- Such work by judges creates absolutely untenable working conditions for police officers.
- The reason for its decline should be obvious: for most people the diet is simply untenable.
- They were in an untenable position and her lawyer didn't talk to Libby for a year.
- But now they have gone out on such precarious limbs their positions are clearly untenable.
- When confronted with this argument, many leftists fall back on what seems an untenable position.
- Clearly this is an untenable situation from our point of view.
- The average person, a parent in particular, is being subjected to an untenable level of stress.
- He came along and he questioned the chair-man's future and that it could be made untenable.
- If this does not happen, it could create an untenable situation and cause unjustifiable delays.
- This is an untenable position to take and is fantasy politics.
- Insiders have suggested that he is in an untenable position.
Synonyms
indefensible, undefendable, unarguable, insupportable, refutable, unsustainable, unjustified, unwarranted, unjustifiable, inadmissible, unsound, ill-founded, flimsy, weak, shaky, flawed, defective, faulty, implausible, specious, groundless, unfounded, baseless, invalid, absurd, illogical, irrational, preposterous, senseless, unacceptable

Derivatives

untenability

nounʌntɛnəˈbɪlɪti

I am including a number of Catholic leaders on the distribution of this message in the hope that that some of them may be able to add weight to my arguments regarding the untenability of your current relationship with the Tenet organization.
Example sentencesExamples
- Rather, such deviation should be preceded by an exposition of the untenability of traditional claims, and be based on good rational argument.
- The Second World War had proven both the untenability of absolute pacifism and the horrendous price war exacts as a way of resolving disputes.
- The Great Patriotic War confirmed the untenability of what was in effect prefatory organization of field headquarters of fronts on the basis of military district headquarters.
- His comment is instructive as to the untenability of the concept ‘extrinsic reward.’

untenableness

noun

untenably

adverb

Surrounded by all this civility and fine design, this spectacle is growing untenably intimate, obscene, dangerous.
Example sentencesExamples
- In our submission, that gives an untenably wide meaning to ‘profits’.
- Could it be that men are afraid that they can't cut it, that women would dump them en masse if they didn't maintain the financial upper hand, making it untenably difficult to raise children without their paycheck?
- In less capable hands (like, maybe, his own three years later) these songs would be untenably portentous, but he allows them to breathe with humanity and loads them with some ringer lines to make them likable.
- It rests on an untenably narrow conception of ‘the political’, restricting it to partisan conflict.

Definition of untenable in US English:

untenable

adjectiveˌənˈtɛnəb(ə)lˌənˈtenəb(ə)l

(especially of a position or view) not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
（尤指阵地，观点）守不住的；站不住脚的，不能辩护的
this argument is clearly untenable
这论据很明显是站不住脚的。
Example sentencesExamples
- The reason for its decline should be obvious: for most people the diet is simply untenable.
- Another common theme is the debunking of the fringe pseudosciences or other untenable positions.
- He's been put in an untenable position and his future in the ruling coalition is being debated openly.
- His stance just let the issue grow more out of control and brought his own status at the helm of the Spanish team to an almost untenable position.
- His position is untenable one unless he means us to make a bonfire not just of Dilthey but Nietzsche and Heidegger too.
- We tend to jump to untenable conclusions, swayed by popular impressions or simple emotions.
- The meeting unanimously agreed that the current situation at the hospital was untenable.
- The average person, a parent in particular, is being subjected to an untenable level of stress.
- He accepted the agreement after he said his condition was untenable.
- This is an untenable position to take and is fantasy politics.
- But now they have gone out on such precarious limbs their positions are clearly untenable.
- Such work by judges creates absolutely untenable working conditions for police officers.
- They were in an untenable position and her lawyer didn't talk to Libby for a year.
- Clearly this is an untenable situation from our point of view.
- When confronted with this argument, many leftists fall back on what seems an untenable position.
- It sounds like an untenable situation, but he remains upbeat.
- If this does not happen, it could create an untenable situation and cause unjustifiable delays.
- That is absolutely absurd and untenable and, in our submission, a serious deficiency.
- Insiders have suggested that he is in an untenable position.
- He came along and he questioned the chair-man's future and that it could be made untenable.
Synonyms
indefensible, undefendable, unarguable, insupportable, refutable, unsustainable, unjustified, unwarranted, unjustifiable, inadmissible, unsound, ill-founded, flimsy, weak, shaky, flawed, defective, faulty, implausible, specious, groundless, unfounded, baseless, invalid, absurd, illogical, irrational, preposterous, senseless, unacceptable

词汇	untenable
释义	Definition of untenable in English: untenable adjectiveʌnˈtɛnəb(ə)lˌənˈtɛnəb(ə)l (especially of a position or view) not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection. （尤指阵地，观点）守不住的；站不住脚的，不能辩护的 this argument is clearly untenable 这论据很明显是站不住脚的。 Example sentencesExamples His stance just let the issue grow more out of control and brought his own status at the helm of the Spanish team to an almost untenable position. Another common theme is the debunking of the fringe pseudosciences or other untenable positions. It sounds like an untenable situation, but he remains upbeat. His position is untenable one unless he means us to make a bonfire not just of Dilthey but Nietzsche and Heidegger too. We tend to jump to untenable conclusions, swayed by popular impressions or simple emotions. The meeting unanimously agreed that the current situation at the hospital was untenable. He's been put in an untenable position and his future in the ruling coalition is being debated openly. He accepted the agreement after he said his condition was untenable. That is absolutely absurd and untenable and, in our submission, a serious deficiency. Such work by judges creates absolutely untenable working conditions for police officers. The reason for its decline should be obvious: for most people the diet is simply untenable. They were in an untenable position and her lawyer didn't talk to Libby for a year. But now they have gone out on such precarious limbs their positions are clearly untenable. When confronted with this argument, many leftists fall back on what seems an untenable position. Clearly this is an untenable situation from our point of view. The average person, a parent in particular, is being subjected to an untenable level of stress. He came along and he questioned the chair-man's future and that it could be made untenable. If this does not happen, it could create an untenable situation and cause unjustifiable delays. This is an untenable position to take and is fantasy politics. Insiders have suggested that he is in an untenable position. Synonyms indefensible, undefendable, unarguable, insupportable, refutable, unsustainable, unjustified, unwarranted, unjustifiable, inadmissible, unsound, ill-founded, flimsy, weak, shaky, flawed, defective, faulty, implausible, specious, groundless, unfounded, baseless, invalid, absurd, illogical, irrational, preposterous, senseless, unacceptable Derivatives untenability nounʌntɛnəˈbɪlɪti I am including a number of Catholic leaders on the distribution of this message in the hope that that some of them may be able to add weight to my arguments regarding the untenability of your current relationship with the Tenet organization. Example sentencesExamples Rather, such deviation should be preceded by an exposition of the untenability of traditional claims, and be based on good rational argument. The Second World War had proven both the untenability of absolute pacifism and the horrendous price war exacts as a way of resolving disputes. The Great Patriotic War confirmed the untenability of what was in effect prefatory organization of field headquarters of fronts on the basis of military district headquarters. His comment is instructive as to the untenability of the concept ‘extrinsic reward.’ untenableness noun untenably adverb Surrounded by all this civility and fine design, this spectacle is growing untenably intimate, obscene, dangerous. Example sentencesExamples In our submission, that gives an untenably wide meaning to ‘profits’. Could it be that men are afraid that they can't cut it, that women would dump them en masse if they didn't maintain the financial upper hand, making it untenably difficult to raise children without their paycheck? In less capable hands (like, maybe, his own three years later) these songs would be untenably portentous, but he allows them to breathe with humanity and loads them with some ringer lines to make them likable. It rests on an untenably narrow conception of ‘the political’, restricting it to partisan conflict. Definition of untenable in US English: untenable adjectiveˌənˈtɛnəb(ə)lˌənˈtenəb(ə)l (especially of a position or view) not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection. （尤指阵地，观点）守不住的；站不住脚的，不能辩护的 this argument is clearly untenable 这论据很明显是站不住脚的。 Example sentencesExamples The reason for its decline should be obvious: for most people the diet is simply untenable. Another common theme is the debunking of the fringe pseudosciences or other untenable positions. He's been put in an untenable position and his future in the ruling coalition is being debated openly. His stance just let the issue grow more out of control and brought his own status at the helm of the Spanish team to an almost untenable position. His position is untenable one unless he means us to make a bonfire not just of Dilthey but Nietzsche and Heidegger too. We tend to jump to untenable conclusions, swayed by popular impressions or simple emotions. The meeting unanimously agreed that the current situation at the hospital was untenable. The average person, a parent in particular, is being subjected to an untenable level of stress. He accepted the agreement after he said his condition was untenable. This is an untenable position to take and is fantasy politics. But now they have gone out on such precarious limbs their positions are clearly untenable. Such work by judges creates absolutely untenable working conditions for police officers. They were in an untenable position and her lawyer didn't talk to Libby for a year. Clearly this is an untenable situation from our point of view. When confronted with this argument, many leftists fall back on what seems an untenable position. It sounds like an untenable situation, but he remains upbeat. If this does not happen, it could create an untenable situation and cause unjustifiable delays. That is absolutely absurd and untenable and, in our submission, a serious deficiency. Insiders have suggested that he is in an untenable position. He came along and he questioned the chair-man's future and that it could be made untenable. Synonyms indefensible, undefendable, unarguable, insupportable, refutable, unsustainable, unjustified, unwarranted, unjustifiable, inadmissible, unsound, ill-founded, flimsy, weak, shaky, flawed, defective, faulty, implausible, specious, groundless, unfounded, baseless, invalid, absurd, illogical, irrational, preposterous, senseless, unacceptable
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