English Explanatory Dictionary

indefensible

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Not defensible; not capable of being defended.
Not capable of being justified or excused.
Incapable of being explained.

Word forms

indefensible more indefensible most indefensible

Etymology

From in- + defensible.

Synonyms

vulnerable inexcusable unpardonable untenable insupportable invalid

Antonyms

defensible

Related words

undefendable

Derived words

indefensibility indefensibleness indefensibly

Translations

Bulgarian: непростим Catalan: indefensable Dutch: onverdedigbaar Finnish: mahdoton perustella Finnish: mahdoton puolustella French: indéfendable Galician: indefendible German: unvertretbar German: unhaltbar Greek: αδικαιολόγητος Italian: indifendibile Polish: niewybaczalny Polish: nieuzasadniony Polish: niedopuszczalny Romanian: nefundamentat Romanian: nejustificabil Romanian: de neiertat Spanish: indefendible Spanish: indefensible Spanish: indefensable Swedish: oförsvarlig

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