Examples of 'untenable' in a sentence
Meaning of "untenable"
Untenable (adjective): Not able to be maintained or defended. Often used to describe a situation, argument, or position that is weak and cannot be justified or supported
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- Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position.
- Unfit for habitation.
How to use "untenable" in a sentence
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untenable
That is legally untenable and practically impossible.
That had all turned out to be untenable.
The situation was untenable and must be reversed.
That situation is politically and morally untenable.
It was urgent to bring that untenable situation to an end.
It is untenable what is taking place in our capital.
The present structure is untenable and unconscionable.
In an untenable position if they are to strike a balance.
It escalates an already untenable defiance by the state.
Such conduct was environmentally and morally untenable.
That situation is untenable and must be remedied.
Neutralize the risk before it becomes untenable.
This is an untenable situation that cannot be condoned.
The court found the distinction untenable.
Obviously an untenable situation for a police officer.
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The welfare states had become untenable.
This alliance was untenable since the beginning.
I think that this situation is truly untenable.
This would be untenable from a practical standpoint.
The economic situation had become untenable.
His position became untenable and he resigned.
We feel the current assessment method is untenable.
It was untenable for me to leave the region.
Yet this stance has become untenable.
This situation is untenable and can not continue.
It can not be paid simply because it is untenable.
This situation is untenable and impossible to coexist with.
The previous regime had become untenable.
Such growth was untenable in a finite world.
It would make an already difficult situation untenable.
These positions are untenable for the following reasons.
I should say our position here is untenable.
This is untenable in the long run.
This will could be held legally untenable.
This is an untenable situation for the internal market.
Such facile optimism is now totally untenable.
His situation became untenable and he had to resign.
This resulted in the defence becoming untenable.
The word untenable comes to mind.
This relationship is getting even more untenable.
Lion populations are untenable outside of designated protected areas.
This places the government in an untenable position.
It is an untenable situation for those people.
It remedies that which is untenable and wrong.
Such an untenable situation should not be allowed to continue.
We examined this possibility and found it to be untenable.
This situation is untenable and requires concrete action.
Act before the situation becomes untenable.
Many end up in untenable financial situations.
The situation for them is becoming untenable.
