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INDEFENSIBLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does indefensible mean?
• INDEFENSIBLE (adjective)
The adjective INDEFENSIBLE has 3 senses:
1. (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified
2. not able to be protected against attack
3. incapable of being justified or explained
Familiarity information: INDEFENSIBLE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified
Synonyms:
indefensible; untenable
Similar:
unreasonable (not reasonable; not showing good judgment)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not able to be protected against attack
Similar:
vulnerable (susceptible to attack)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Incapable of being justified or explained
Synonyms:
indefensible; insupportable; unjustifiable; unwarrantable; unwarranted
Similar:
inexcusable (without excuse or justification)
Context examples
That her manner was wrong, however, at times very wrong, her measures often ill-chosen and ill-timed, and her looks and language very often indefensible, Fanny could not cease to feel; but she began to hope they might be rectified.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
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