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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Indefensible \In'de*fen"si*ble\, [Pref. in- not + defensible: cf. OF. indefensible, indefensable.] Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained, vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable; as, an indefensible fortress, position, cause, statement, etc.
Men find that something can be said in favor of what, on the very proposal, they thought utterly indefensible. --Burke.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
indefensible
adjective
1: (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified [syn: {untenable}]
2: incapable of being justified or explained [syn: {insupportable}, {unjustifiable}, {unwarrantable}, {unwarranted}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "indefensible": exceptionable, impossible, inadmissible, inexcusable, inexpiable, intolerable, irremissible, objectionable, unacceptable, unallowable, unconscionable, undesirable, unforgivable, unjustifiable, unpardonable, unreasonable, unsuitable, untenable, unwarrantable
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