English-Thai Dictionary

indefensible

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่ สามารถ ป้องกัน ได้  ซึ่ง ไม่ สามารถ ต้านทาน ได้  unprotected unguarded unsupportable defensible tenable sueng-mai-sa-mad-pok-kan-dai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INDEFENSIBLE

a.[in and defensible, from defend. ] 1. That cannot be defended or maintained. A military post may be indefensible. A bad cause is indefensible.
2. Not to be vindicated or justified. An improper action or indecent expression is indefensible.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INDEFENSIBLE

In `de *fen "si *ble, Etym: [Pref. in- not + defensible: cf. OF. indefensible, indefensable.]

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

indefensible

in de fen si ble |ˌindəˈfensəbəl ˈˌɪndəˈfɛnsəbəl | ▶adjective 1 not justifiable by argument: the policy of apartheid was morally indefensible. 2 not able to be protected against attack: the towns were tactically indefensible. DERIVATIVES in de fen si bil i ty |-ˌfensəˈbilitē |noun, in de fen si bly |-blē |adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

indefensible

in |defens |ible |ɪndɪˈfɛnsɪb (ə )l | ▶adjective 1 not justifiable by argument: this behaviour is morally indefensible. 2 not able to be protected against attack: the towns were tactically indefensible. DERIVATIVES indefensibility |-ˈbɪlɪti |noun, indefensibly adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

indefensible

indefensible adjective Smith admitted that her remarks about Collins were indefensible: inexcusable, unjustifiable, unjustified, unpardonable, unforgivable; uncalled for, unprovoked, gratuitous, unreasonable, unnecessary; insupportable, unacceptable, unwarranted, unwarrantable; flawed, wrong, untenable, unsustainable.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

indefensible

indefensible adjective 1 indefensible cruelty: inexcusable, unjustifiable, unjustified, unpardonable, unforgivable, inexpiable; uncalled for, unprovoked, gratuitous, without justification, without cause, without reason, unreasonable, unnecessary; regrettable, unacceptable, unworthy, remiss, blameworthy, culpable, reprehensible, censurable, unwarrantable; excessive, immoderate, unconscionable, outrageous. ANTONYMS justifiable, excusable. 2 an indefensible system of dual justice: untenable, insupportable, unsustainable, unwarrantable, unwarranted, unjustifiable, unjustified, unadmissible, unsound, ill-founded, unfounded, groundless, baseless, flimsy, weak, shaky, flawed, faulty, defective, invalid, specious, arbitrary, implausible, absurd, illogical, irrational, preposterous, senseless, unacceptable. ANTONYMS tenable. 3 an indefensible island: undefendable, defenceless, undefended, unfortified, unguarded, unprotected, unshielded, unarmed, without arms, without weapons, without defences; vulnerable, exposed, assailable, open to attack, wide open, open, endangered, in danger, in peril, in jeopardy, at risk, insecure; rare pregnable. ANTONYMS defensible; well protected.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

indefensible

in de fen si ble /ɪ̀ndɪfénsəb (ə )l /形容詞 1 守れない, 防御不能の .2 弁護の余地のない ; 言い訳のたたない .ì n de f è n si b í l i ty 名詞 ì n de f é n si bly 副詞