indefensible
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
[1913 Webster]
Men find that something can be said in favor of what,
on the very proposal, they thought utterly
indefensible. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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