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untenable

🇬🇧 UK/ʌn'tenəb(ə)l/🇺🇸 US/.ʌn'tenәbl/
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Definitions

adj.

Impossible to defend or justify; not able to be maintained as a position or argument.

站不住脚的;无法辩护的;行不通的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
unnot, reversal
+
tenhold, keep
+
ablecapable of, worthy of
=untenable

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