Thesaurus: indefensible

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1. Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained, vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable; as, an indefensible fortress, position, cause, etc.
2. adj. (of theories etc.) incapable of being defended or justified
3. adj. not able to be protected against attack
4. adj. incapable of being justified or explained
5. 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.
6. Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained,vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable; as, anindefensible fortress, position, cause, etc.Men find that something can be said in favor of what, on the veryproposal, they thought utterly indefensible. Burke.
7. j:100 s. (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified s. not able to be protected against attack s. incapable of being justified or explained