"untenable" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "2012, Heather A. Brown, Marx on Gender and the Family: A Critical Study, page 183",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nesǎstojatelen",
          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "несъстоятелен"
        },
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "insostenible"
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          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "站不住腳的"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "站不住脚的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "立場薄弱的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "立场薄弱的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "neudržitelný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "uholdbar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "onhoudbaar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "kestämätön"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "intenable"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "insoutenable"
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          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "insostíbel"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "roman": "aršemdgari",
          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "არშემდგარი"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ka",
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          "roman": "šeumdgari",
          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "შეუმდგარი"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "unhaltbar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "unvertretbar"
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          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "insostenibile"
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          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "indifendibile"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "uholdbar"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "insustentável"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nesostojátelʹnyj",
          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "несостоя́тельный"
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        {
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          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "neodrživ"
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          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "insostenible"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "ohållbar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "oförsvarlig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "müdafaası imkânsız"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "savunulamaz"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nespromóžnyj",
          "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
          "word": "неспромо́жний"
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          "ref": "1915, Edward Frederic Benson, The Oakleyites, page 84",
          "text": "[…] ceilings, staircases, all that make a house habitable had vanished in the flare of his conflagration, and since his soul could no longer dwell there, it dwelt instead, so to speak, in the pleasant garden which surrounded the untenable house.",
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          "ref": "1939, Hygeia, volume 17, numbers 1-6, page 331",
          "text": "The floor was a veritable mud puddle, and even the meager bedding of old reindeer skins was wet from the dripping walls and ceiling. This untenable dwelling housed a family of six Eskimos: a grandmother, father and mother and three children.",
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          "ref": "2007, Roger White, Britannia Prima: Britain's Last Roman Province, page 192",
          "text": "It is equally plausible to interpret the evidence to imply a life-span extending well into the fifth century, followed by a phase when the building became increasingly shabby and then untenable.",
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        "Unfit for habitation."
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "negoden za obitavane",
          "sense": "unfit for habitation",
          "word": "негоден за обитаване"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "unfit for habitation",
          "word": "neobyvatelný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "unfit for habitation",
          "word": "unwirtlich"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "unfit for habitation",
          "word": "unbewohnbar"
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "akatoíkitos",
          "sense": "unfit for habitation",
          "word": "ακατοίκητος"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "unfit for habitation",
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          "ref": "2012, Heather A. Brown, Marx on Gender and the Family: A Critical Study, page 183",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "nesǎstojatelen",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "несъстоятелен"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "insostenible"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "站不住腳的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "站不住脚的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "立場薄弱的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "立场薄弱的"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "neudržitelný"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "uholdbar"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "onhoudbaar"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "kestämätön"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "intenable"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "insoutenable"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "insostíbel"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aršemdgari",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "არშემდგარი"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šeumdgari",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "შეუმდგარი"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "unhaltbar"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "unvertretbar"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "tarthatatlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "insostenibile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "indifendibile"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "uholdbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "insustentável"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nesostojátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "несостоя́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "neodrživ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "insostenible"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "ohållbar"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "oförsvarlig"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "müdafaası imkânsız"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "savunulamaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nespromóžnyj",
      "sense": "Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position",
      "word": "неспромо́жний"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "negoden za obitavane",
      "sense": "unfit for habitation",
      "word": "негоден за обитаване"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unfit for habitation",
      "word": "neobyvatelný"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unfit for habitation",
      "word": "unwirtlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unfit for habitation",
      "word": "unbewohnbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "akatoíkitos",
      "sense": "unfit for habitation",
      "word": "ακατοίκητος"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unfit for habitation",
      "word": "inhabitable"
    }
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  "word": "untenable"
}