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BNC: 19248 COCA: 21778

indefensible

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indefensible /ˌɪndɪˈfɛnsəbəl/ adjective
indefensible
/ˌɪndɪˈfɛnsəbəl/
adjective
Learner's definition of INDEFENSIBLE
[more indefensible; most indefensible]
: not defensible无法自卫的: such as
: not able to be thought of as good or acceptable站不住脚的;不被接受的
: not able to be kept safe from damage or harm不可防守的
BNC: 19248 COCA: 21778

indefensible

adjective

in·​de·​fen·​si·​ble ˌin-di-ˈfen(t)-sə-bəl How to pronounce indefensible (audio)
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
indefensibly adverb

Example Sentences

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 For a veteran coach like Harbaugh to punt on such a huge decision until at least Week 3 on whether Cade McNamara or J.J. McCarthy should be named the full-time starter is indefensible. Carlos Monarrez, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2022 Hobsbawm falsified the record to defend the indefensible. Dominic Green, WSJ, 20 May 2022 That Roe is often cited as some ne plus ultra of the Supreme Court’s more indefensible rulings is simply intellectually dishonest, and unfairly gives cover to the right’s own brazen judicial activism. Jess Coleman, The New Republic, 8 July 2022 An attorney for Dunn said the long delay was indefensible given that the conduct in question was the subject of internal investigations and extensive litigation years ago that the bar was directly involved in. Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2022 Bolton told Tapper that the former president’s false claims of election fraud were indefensible. Julian Mark, Washington Post, 13 July 2022 Bolton told Tapper that the former president’s false claims of election fraud were indefensible. BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2022 Russia has violated the core principles that uphold global peace and security and its attack on Ukraine and its citizens is indefensible. Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2022 Nonetheless, in the face of a still escalating worldwide pandemic that some models predict could have a death toll in the millions, staging the Olympics in a few months would have been morally indefensible. Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 25 Mar. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of indefensible was in 1529
BNC: 19248 COCA: 21778
indefensible

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB VERBSbe不可饒恕find sth覺得⋯無可辯解I find such actions indefensible.我認為這樣的行為是不可原諒的。ADVERBtotally完全不可原諒ethically, morally, politically, etc.倫理上不可饒恕;道德上不可原諒;政治上無可辯解It would be morally indefensible for her to desert her father now.她如果在這個時候遺棄自己的父親,在道德上是不可原諒的。

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