untenable

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNTEN'ABLE, adjective 1. Not tenable; that cannot be held in possession; as an untenable post or fort. 2. That cannot be maintained or supported; not defensible; as an untenable doctrine; untenable ground in argument.
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