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Definition of indefensible in English: indefensibleadjective ɪndɪˈfɛnsɪb(ə)lˌɪndəˈfɛnsəb(ə)l 1Not justifiable by argument. 站不住脚的，无法辩解的 this behaviour is morally indefensible Example sentencesExamples - Yet the worst that can reasonably be said about his performance is that he made an indefensible remark from which he ineptly tried to climb down at first prompting.
- Although it must be defended, the British budget rebate is indefensible.
- And defenses of his indefensible argument are indefensible too.
- Yes, budget deficits and indefensible tax cuts are moral issues, too.
- Despite regular meetings, you fail to notify your superiors of problems both with the build and with the budget, putting them in an indefensible public position.
- Anything less will amount to a pay cut and that is morally and economically indefensible.
- Benchmarking awards, seen by many as utterly indefensible and absurd under current economic conditions, will be paid.
- The stance is otherwise totally indefensible.
- The idea that our arguments and ideas are indefensible is patently ridiculous.
- This process of distillation allows us to impose order upon chaos and to justify the indefensible.
- However, that sort of position is logically untenable and morally indefensible.
- This theme is one of the elements in his new work, a detailed examination of the brutal history and indefensible consequences of aerial bombardment.
- It is difficult to calculate how many billions of dollars the government spends on indefensible, if not illegal, self-promotion.
- Instead, they defend an act which is simply indefensible.
- But that doesn't justify this behavior, which is indefensible on several grounds.
- That, to me, is totally unacceptable and morally indefensible.
- ‘It is indefensible that you have not made funding for homeland security your top priority,’ the letter said.
- This is fundamentally flawed and scientifically indefensible.
- His logic is flawed, indefensible and dangerous.
- How about morally indefensible, legally absurd, and nationally divisive?
Synonyms inexcusable, unjustifiable, unjustified, unpardonable, unforgivable, inexpiable uncalled for, unprovoked, gratuitous, without justification, without cause, without reason, unreasonable, unnecessary regrettable, unacceptable, unworthy, remiss, blameworthy, culpable, reprehensible, censurable, unwarrantable excessive, immoderate, unconscionable, outrageous untenable, insupportable, unsustainable, unwarrantable, unwarranted, unjustifiable, unjustified, unsound, ill-founded, unfounded, groundless, baseless, flimsy, weak, shaky, flawed, faulty, defective, invalid, specious, arbitrary, implausible, absurd, illogical, irrational, preposterous, senseless, unacceptable 2Not able to be protected against attack. 无法防御的，无法守卫的 the towns were tactically indefensible 这些城镇从战术上讲是无法防御的。 Example sentencesExamples - Hanover had been made as secure as any flat and virtually indefensible country could be.
- The city was situated in such a way that made it indefensible against attack, leading them to compromise rather than be conquered.
Synonyms undefendable, defenceless, undefended, unfortified, unguarded, unprotected, unshielded, unarmed, without arms, without weapons, without defences vulnerable, exposed, assailable, open to attack, wide open, open, endangered, in danger, in peril, in jeopardy, at risk, insecure rare pregnable
Derivativesnounɪndɪfɛnsɪˈbɪlɪtiˌɪndəˌfɛnsəˈbɪlədi The critic succeeds in overturning the presumption (and thus in fully ‘bearing’ the burden of proof) if she can show that the presumption's unassailability has served only to mask its indefensibility. Example sentencesExamples - The opening briefs in the case are due next month, and the indefensibility of the program was recently revealed by the government in a sworn deposition.
- His relationship with Briseis, who resists and then falls in love with him, exposes him to the absurdity and indefensibility of his position, as the glory-seeking pawn of a monstrous expedition.
- The aspect of the moral indefensibility, the wrongness of it, because it failed to bring justice, was the driving force for me and I think the driving force for the majority of the people in my party.
- The continued refusal of Congress to routinely make available much of the work of the Congressional Research Service, a $100 million-a-year arm of the Library of Congress, is approaching the regions of indefensibility.
adverbɪndɪˈfɛnsɪbliˌɪndəˈfɛnsəbli It is not at all clear that all colleges and universities have indefensibly larger and more expensive administrations. Example sentencesExamples - Desperately enough, it seems, to do something not just silly or ill-advised but downright dumb and indefensibly wrong.
- This confirms my long-held suspicion that garden centres are every bit as indefensibly soulless and ghastly as out-of-town DIY superstores.
- Those who are good are too often portrayed as evil; indefensibly wicked acts are made less so by the way they are described.
- After last week perhaps he could add that Scotland is a country whose leadership is morally lame and, therefore, indefensibly bad value for taxpayers' money.
Definition of indefensible in US English: indefensibleadjectiveˌɪndəˈfɛnsəb(ə)lˌindəˈfensəb(ə)l 1Not justifiable by argument. 站不住脚的，无法辩解的 the policy of apartheid was morally indefensible 种族隔离政策在道德上是站不住脚的。 Example sentencesExamples - This theme is one of the elements in his new work, a detailed examination of the brutal history and indefensible consequences of aerial bombardment.
- And defenses of his indefensible argument are indefensible too.
- However, that sort of position is logically untenable and morally indefensible.
- How about morally indefensible, legally absurd, and nationally divisive?
- His logic is flawed, indefensible and dangerous.
- That, to me, is totally unacceptable and morally indefensible.
- The stance is otherwise totally indefensible.
- But that doesn't justify this behavior, which is indefensible on several grounds.
- Yes, budget deficits and indefensible tax cuts are moral issues, too.
- Yet the worst that can reasonably be said about his performance is that he made an indefensible remark from which he ineptly tried to climb down at first prompting.
- Instead, they defend an act which is simply indefensible.
- ‘It is indefensible that you have not made funding for homeland security your top priority,’ the letter said.
- This is fundamentally flawed and scientifically indefensible.
- The idea that our arguments and ideas are indefensible is patently ridiculous.
- Benchmarking awards, seen by many as utterly indefensible and absurd under current economic conditions, will be paid.
- It is difficult to calculate how many billions of dollars the government spends on indefensible, if not illegal, self-promotion.
- Anything less will amount to a pay cut and that is morally and economically indefensible.
- Although it must be defended, the British budget rebate is indefensible.
- This process of distillation allows us to impose order upon chaos and to justify the indefensible.
- Despite regular meetings, you fail to notify your superiors of problems both with the build and with the budget, putting them in an indefensible public position.
Synonyms inexcusable, unjustifiable, unjustified, unpardonable, unforgivable, inexpiable untenable, insupportable, unsustainable, unwarrantable, unwarranted, unjustifiable, unjustified, unsound, ill-founded, unfounded, groundless, baseless, flimsy, weak, shaky, flawed, faulty, defective, invalid, specious, arbitrary, implausible, absurd, illogical, irrational, preposterous, senseless, unacceptable 2Not able to be protected against attack. 无法防御的，无法守卫的 the towns were tactically indefensible 这些城镇从战术上讲是无法防御的。 Example sentencesExamples - The city was situated in such a way that made it indefensible against attack, leading them to compromise rather than be conquered.
- Hanover had been made as secure as any flat and virtually indefensible country could be.
Synonyms undefendable, defenceless, undefended, unfortified, unguarded, unprotected, unshielded, unarmed, without arms, without weapons, without defences
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