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.
Recent Examples on the Web
The Louisiana law directing that the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms is unconstitutional and morally indefensible.
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Washington Post, 27 June 2024
As a result, right-wing litigants routinely make a pilgrimage to Amarillo to obtain legally indefensible court orders implementing policies favored by the rightward fringes of the Republican Party.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 13 May 2024
Tipton’s decision, which effectively seized control of the Biden administration’s authority to set the priorities of a law enforcement agency, was legally indefensible for a whole host of reasons, and the Supreme Court eventually reversed Tipton in an 8–1 decision.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 13 May 2024
Sign up 'Our indefensible Mideast military outposts' Michael Brendan Dougherty at National Review
The United States must strike back against whoever killed three Americans at a U.S. military outpost in Jordan, near the Syrian and Iraqi borders, writes Michael Brendan Dougherty at National Review.
—Harold Maass, theweek, 31 Jan. 2024
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Washington Post, 27 June 2024
As a result, right-wing litigants routinely make a pilgrimage to Amarillo to obtain legally indefensible court orders implementing policies favored by the rightward fringes of the Republican Party.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 13 May 2024
Tipton’s decision, which effectively seized control of the Biden administration’s authority to set the priorities of a law enforcement agency, was legally indefensible for a whole host of reasons, and the Supreme Court eventually reversed Tipton in an 8–1 decision.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 13 May 2024
Sign up 'Our indefensible Mideast military outposts' Michael Brendan Dougherty at National Review
The United States must strike back against whoever killed three Americans at a U.S. military outpost in Jordan, near the Syrian and Iraqi borders, writes Michael Brendan Dougherty at National Review.
—Harold Maass, theweek, 31 Jan. 2024
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“Indefensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indefensible. Accessed 26 Jul. 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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