Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Inexcusable; unpardonable.
- adjective Invalid; untenable.
- adjective Vulnerable to physical attack.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not defensible; that cannot be defended, maintained, or justified, by either force or speech: as, an indefensible frontier; conduct that is indefensible.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained, vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
defensible ; not capable of being defended;vulnerable . - adjective Incapable of being
justified orexcused ;inexcusable ;unpardonable . - adjective Incapable of being
explained ;untenable ;insupportable ;invalid .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not able to be protected against attack
- adjective (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified
- adjective incapable of being justified or explained
Etymologies
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Examples
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During a visit to Washington last month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly clashed with President Obama, saying Israel would not return to the 1967 borders which he described as "indefensible."
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During a visit to Washington last month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly clashed with President Obama, saying Israel would not return to the 1967 borders which he described as "indefensible."
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The prime minister's unequivocal apology in Parliament for what he called the indefensible shootings in Londonderry in 1972 was universally praised for its candour and courage.
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WASHINGTON -- Israel's prime minister promised to present his vision for an Israeli-Palestinian peace in a speech before U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday, but vowed his country would not return to mid-1967 borders that he termed "indefensible."
Netanyahu AIPAC Speech: Israeli Prime Minister Says Country Cannot Return To 1967 Borders The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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WASHINGTON -- Israel's prime minister promised to present his vision for an Israeli-Palestinian peace in a speech before U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday, but vowed his country would not return to mid-1967 borders that he termed "indefensible."
Netanyahu AIPAC Speech: Israeli Prime Minister Says Country Cannot Return To 1967 Borders The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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How you fascist continue to defend the indefensible is beyond my comprehension.
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WASHINGTON - Israel's prime minister promised to present his vision for an Israeli-Palestinian peace in a speech before U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday, but vowed his country would not return to mid-1967 borders that he termed "indefensible."
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Associated Press 2011
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Israel's prime minister promised to present his vision for an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement in a speech before U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday, but vowed his country would not return to its pre-1967 lines that he termed "indefensible."
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The New Republic 's five-year-old sin-in the movie's version of the events, TNR editor Chuck Lane calls the magazine's publication of Stephen Glass 'dozens of fabricated stories "indefensible" - has given them this week's cover star, as well as a ton of advertising for the movie.
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The New Republic 's five-year-old sin-in the movie's version of the events, TNR editor Chuck Lane calls the magazine's publication of Stephen Glass 'dozens of fabricated stories "indefensible" - has given them this week's cover star, as well as a ton of advertising for the movie.
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