indefensible
adjective
in·de·fen·si·ble
ˌin-di-ˈfen(t)-sə-bəl 
1
a
: incapable of being maintained as right or valid : untenable
b
: incapable of being justified or excused : inexcusable
indefensible comments
2
: incapable of being protected against physical attack
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Examples of indefensible in a Sentence
The company adopted an indefensible position on the issue.
His behavior is ethically indefensible.
The city is in an indefensible location.
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Continuing to post on X has been indefensible for some time.
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Photo: Buena Vista Pictures/Everett Collection The only flat-out indefensible film in Coppola’s career, Jack serves mainly to underscore all the ways in which Big could have gone horribly wrong.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
What an indefensible, reprehensible & disrespectful thing to have done.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
Trump’s lies about having won that election in a landslide are indefensible, but glossing over them is a price Vance has been willing to pay for his political career.
—The Editors, National Review, 2 Oct. 2024
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Photo: Buena Vista Pictures/Everett Collection The only flat-out indefensible film in Coppola’s career, Jack serves mainly to underscore all the ways in which Big could have gone horribly wrong.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
What an indefensible, reprehensible & disrespectful thing to have done.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
Trump’s lies about having won that election in a landslide are indefensible, but glossing over them is a price Vance has been willing to pay for his political career.
—The Editors, National Review, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Indefensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indefensible. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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indefensible
adjective
in·de·fen·si·ble
ˌin-di-ˈfen(t)-sə-bəl
: impossible to defend
an indefensible position
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