Hypertext Webster Gateway: "indefensible"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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, etc.
Men find that something can be said in favor of what,
on the very proposal, they thought utterly
indefensible. --Burke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
indefensible
adj 1: (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified
[syn: {untenable}]
2: incapable of being justified or explained [syn: {insupportable},
{unjustifiable}, {unwarrantable}, {unwarranted}]
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