Untenable - English meaning

adjective

Imperfect or faulty.

Usage examples:

Complaints over defective goods

noun

Having mental disabilities.

adjective

Containing a fault, or not working correctly

Usage examples:

The company does not accept returns on any technology products unless they're defective or damaged.…

adjective

Not working or made correctly; having defects.

Usage examples:

A faulty brake

adjective

Not working correctly, or not correct

Usage examples:

Faulty brakes, his arguments were based on faulty reasoning.

adjective

Not working correctly

Usage examples:

The company recalled over 500,000 cars last year because of a faulty connection in their new model.…

adjective

Having or characterized by a fundamental weakness or imperfection.

Usage examples:

A fatally flawed strategy

verb

Mar, weaken, or invalidate (something).

Usage examples:

The computer game was flawed by poor programming

adjective

Having or containing one or more faults, mistakes, or weaknesses

Usage examples:

Don't rush to another flawed conclusion., badly/deeply/seriously flawed these results were the outc…

adjective

Insubstantial and easily damaged.

Usage examples:

A flimsy barrier

noun

A document, especially a copy, made on very thin paper.

Usage examples:

Credit-card flimsies

adjective

(of material) very thin, or (of a structure or object) badly made and weak, and therefore easily broken or destroyed

Usage examples:

A flimsy dress, a flimsy building, they convicted the defendant on very flimsy evidence.

noun

A small, mischievous devil or sprite.

Usage examples:

You say, ‘i've never seen any imps, sprites or goblins in this whole neighborhood!’

verb

Repair a damaged feather in (the wing or tail of a trained hawk) by attaching part of a new feather.

abbreviation

Manx pound(s).

adjective

(especially of evidence in court) not accepted as valid.

Usage examples:

He held that such evidence was inadmissible

adjective

Unable to be accepted, esp. in a law court

Usage examples:

The lie detector test was inadmissible as evidence in the case.

adjective

Not accepted in a law court

Usage examples:

Inadmissible evidence

adjective

Not justifiable by argument.

Usage examples:

This behaviour is morally indefensible

adjective

(of behavior) so bad that it cannot be defended against criticism

Usage examples:

His actions in destroying the tapes were indefensible.

adjective

Unable to be supported or justified.

Usage examples:

He had arrived at a wholly insupportable conclusion

adjective

Difficult or impossible to bear

Usage examples:

The war had put an insupportable financial burden on the country.

adjective

Shaking or trembling.

Usage examples:

She managed a shaky laugh

adjective

Feeling upset

Usage examples:

This was my fourth time in a plane, but i still felt shaky., it was a shaky marriage from the start…

adjective

Not in good condition or likely to fail

Usage examples:

The government is taking these steps to try to improve the country's shaky economy., too many mortg…

adjective

Not open to disagreement; indisputable.

Usage examples:

Unarguable proof of conspiracy

adjective

Not able to be argued

adjective

Not justifiable by argument.

Usage examples:

His views are undefendable

adjective

Not able to be shown to be right or reasonable.

Usage examples:

An unjustifiable restriction on their freedom

adjective

Unacceptable and wrong because there is no good or fair reason for it

Usage examples:

His behaviour was unjustifiable., unjustifiable expense

adjective

Not shown to be right or reasonable.

Usage examples:

Unjustified price increases

adjective

Not safe or robust; in poor condition.

Usage examples:

The tower is structurally unsound

adjective

(esp. of activities) not suitable or acceptable

Usage examples:

He was involved in unsound banking practices., the bridge is structurally unsound.

adjective

Not able to be maintained at the current rate or level.

Usage examples:

Macroeconomic instability led to an unsustainable boom

adjective

That cannot continue at the same rate

Usage examples:

They are suffering a serious increase in inflation and an unsustainable boom in house prices., unsu…

adjective

Not justified or authorized.

Usage examples:

I am sure your fears are unwarranted

adjective

Lacking a good reason; unnecessary

Usage examples:

They denounced the investigation as an unwarranted interference with their business.

adjective

Lacking the power to perform physically demanding tasks; having little physical strength or energy.

Usage examples:

She was recovering from flu, and was very weak

adjective

Lacking strength or energy, or likely to stop working or break

Usage examples:

After having been so sick, it’s not surprising you still feel weak., that old chair is very weak an…

adjective

Too low or not powerful enough to be successful or effective

Usage examples:

Weak growth/market share/results there was unexpectedly weak growth in corporate output in may., we…