Meanings (ES + gloss)
indefendible • insostenible
Not able to be held or sustained, such as of an opinion or position.
The theory of cold fusion was untenable.
They are seeking to escape from the unpleasant implications of an untenable status dilemma. They desire but cannot afford a prestigious social status.
inhabitable
Unfit for habitation.
The floor was a veritable mud puddle, and even the meager bedding of old reindeer skins was wet from the dripping walls and ceiling. This untenable dwelling housed a family of six…
[…] ceilings, staircases, all that make a house habitable had vanished in the flare of his conflagration, and since his soul could no longer dwell there, it dwelt instead, so to sp…
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