(Of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified.
1 Analysts say that position is becoming increasingly untenable given the evolving situation.
2 McIlveen said: I do believe that his position is becoming increasingly untenable .
3 North Korea's ask to remove all sanctions was untenable and also illegal.
4 Isn't that another way of saying the Mail made his position untenable ?
5 But such an approach will be politically untenable in a banking union.
6 Unions are seeking guarantees over future roles that appear to be untenable .
7 Fine Gael members have told him personally that his position is untenable .
8 I could neither forget nor deny them, and my position became untenable .
9 You understand that your victory here puts you in an untenable position.
10 But by late 1765 his position in Switzerland had also become untenable .
11 This incident and Dr Carneiro's subsequent demotion has made her position untenable .
12 A new Breakingviews calculator shows how untenable the 8 percent assumption is.
13 The whole system of funding politics through corporate donations is becoming untenable .
14 But even in that form Huxley shewed the defence to be untenable .
15 To many, her position is untenable after striking one of her students.
16 And it wasn't as if conditions were even untenable for the journey.
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