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English-Thai Dictionary

untenable

ADJ ซึ่ง ต้านทาน ไม่ได้  ซึ่ง ป้องกัน ไม่ได้  sueng-tan-than-mai-dai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNTENABLE

a. 1. Not tenable; that cannot be held in possession; as an untenable post or fort.
2. That cannot be maintained or supported; not defensible; as an untenable doctrine; untenable ground in argument.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

untenable

un ten a ble |ˌənˈtenəbəl ˌənˈtɛnəbəl | adjective (esp. of a position or view ) not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection: this argument is clearly untenable. DERIVATIVES un ten a bil i ty |-ˌtenəˈbilitē |noun, un ten a bly |-blē |adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

untenable

un |ten ¦able |ʌnˈtɛnəb (ə )l | adjective (especially of a position or view ) not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection: this argument is clearly untenable. DERIVATIVES untenability |-ˈbɪlɪti |noun untenably adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

untenable

untenable adjective these untenable explanations are not helping your case: indefensible, insupportable, unsustainable, unjustified, unjustifiable, flimsy, weak, shaky.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

untenable

untenable adjective the Government's position is untenable: 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. ANTONYMS tenable, defensible.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

untenable

n t n a ble 形容詞 1 (攻撃に対して )守りきれない, 支えきれない .2 〈議論などが 〉弁明できない ; 〈立場などが 〉支持 [擁護 ]できない .