Indefensible

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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, statement, etc.
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           Men find that something can be said in favor of what,
           on the very proposal, they thought utterly
           indefensible.                            --Burke.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "indefensible":
     exceptionable, impossible, inadmissible, inexcusable, inexpiable,
     intolerable, irremissible, objectionable, unacceptable,
     unallowable, unconscionable, undesirable, unforgivable,
     unjustifiable, unpardonable, unreasonable, unsuitable, untenable,
     unwarrantable