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Word | Untenable |
Punjabi Meaning | ਸਮਝਿਆ |
(of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified / Not able to be defended / indefensible; not able to be maintained / (especially of a position or view) not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection. / not capable of being defended against attack or criticism : not tenable, | |
Usage | ⇒ The lawyers untenable arguments in the court failed to save his client ⇒ Rashid made the untenable statement that George Washington was the second president of the United States. ⇒ Wayne is so contrary that, the more untenable a position is, the harder he'll try to defend it. ⇒ The Agriculture Department is in an untenable position. With the two hats that it wears—one to protect consumer health and the other to help farmers sell food—it cannot tell us to eat fewer calories. After all, fewer calories generally mean less food, which would fly in the face of the department's mandate to help farmers. —— Marian Burros, New York Times, 14 Aug. 22 ⇒ this argument is clearly untenable |
Synonyms | invalid, unsound, indefensible, fallacious, illogical, unfounded, faulty, baseless, groundless, insupportable, unjustifiable, unreasonable, weak, defenseless, flawed, intolerable, specious, unsustainable, unwarranted, incredible, |
Antonyms | sound, reasonable, defensible, justifiable, sustainable, tenable, arguable, logical, rational, sensible, acceptable, accurate, adequate, admissible, allowable, apposite, apt, authentic, available, bearable, |
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