untenable

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1. untenable - Adjective

2. untenable - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

(of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified

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After beating back several waves of Grenadian and Cuban troops supported by BTR-60 armoured personnel carriers, the SEALs decided that their position at the radio tower was untenable. Source: Internet

Additionally, this definition has problems when X is morally or physically untenable for a being like God. Source: Internet

Arthur Hertzberg claims that Gay's second suggestion is also untenable, as Voltaire himself denied its validity when he remarked that he had "forgotten about much larger bankruptcies through Christians". Source: Internet

A second study from another group of amateurs was also published in Icarus. citation After that time, however, budget reductions at STScI made the support of work by amateur astronomers untenable, and no additional amateur programs have been carried out. Source: Internet

After this development, Jung recognised that his position was untenable and resigned as editor of the Jarhbuch and then as president of the IPA in April 1914. Source: Internet

Ansah has confided to one of the MEC officials that she is "throwing in the towel", saying her position and that of the commission is "untenable" after a botched presidential election last year. Source: Internet

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