"untenable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: untenable [positive], more untenable [comparative], most untenable [superlative]
Etymology: un- + tenable Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|un|tenable}} un- + tenable Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something, such as an opinion is untenable, it cannot be held or sustained.
    Sense id: simple-untenable-en-adj-EhnWNBBu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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