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Definition of Indefensible

1. Adjective. (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified.

2. Adjective. Not able to be protected against attack.

3. Adjective. Incapable of being justified or explained.

Definition of Indefensible

1. Adjective. Not defensible; not capable of being defended; vulnerable. ¹

2. Adjective. Incapable of being justified or excused; inexcusable; unpardonable. ¹

3. Adjective. Incapable of being explained; untenable; insupportable; invalid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Indefensible

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indefensible

indefatigabilities indefatigability indefatigable indefatigableness indefatigably indefatigation indefeasibility indefeasible indefeasibly indefectibility

indefectible indefectibly indefective indefeisible indefensibility indefensible (current term) indefensibly indefensive indefensively indeficiencies

indeficiency indeficient indefinability indefinable indefinableness indefinables indefinably indefinite indefinite-article indefinite-pronoun

Literary usage of Indefensible

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King: Comprising His Letters, Private by Rufus King (1898)
"King to Pickering— Pinkney's Construction of the Decree of Berlin, indefensible—Smith to King—Medal to Com. Preble—Discussion about the Inscription—King, ..."

2. Men and Measures of Half a Century: Sketches and Comments by Hugh McCulloch (1888)
"... and then Suspends him—The President's indefensible Extempore Speeches—Impeachment of the President—First Instance in the History of Nations of such a ..."

3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"... then to others, and further gave the residue of LRA1915C. third, as "not subject to be devi'sted," or "indefensible." For instances in which the context ..."

4. History of the Middle and Working Classes: With a Popular Exposition of the by John Wade (1834)
"... of Labouring Classes—Cannot relieve an Overstocked Labour-Market—France in 1830—Taxation—Lavish Public Expenditure indefensible—Home Colonization. ..."

5. English Prose (1137-1890) by John Matthews Manly (1909)
"... style to poetry of all kinds, and to reject as vicious and indefensible all phrases and forms of style that were not included in what he (unfortunately, ..."

6. The Expositor edited by William Robertson Nicoll, Samuel Cox, James Moffatt (1887)
"7 is not indefensible. St. John did not write it, but the Western Church for twelve centuries, and practically the whole Church for three, has accepted it ..."

7. Introduction to the Study of Sociology by Edward Cary Hayes (1918)
"Though Present Distribution "Is indefensible, Equality of Incomes Is Neither Expedient, Just, nor Feasible.—In forming! our ideal of what constitutes a just ..."

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