Dictionary entry
Untenable
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈtɛnəb(ə)l/
Pronunciation
/ʌnˈtɛnəb(ə)l/
Myanmar Meaning
တက္ကနည်း မကျသော။
Definition
untenable /ʌn'tenǝbl / adj မရပ္တည္ႏိုင္ေသာ။ ခုခံကာကြယ္ျခင္းငွ မာစြမ္းေသာ။ untenable arguments/ claims ❍ The allegations against him have left his position as minister untenable.
Examples
- ‘Such work by judges creates absolutely untenable working conditions for police officers.’
- ‘The meeting unanimously agreed that the current situation at the hospital was untenable.’
- ‘The average person
- a parent in particular
- is being subjected to an untenable level of stress.’
- ‘He's been put in an untenable position and his future in the ruling coalition is being debated openly.’
- ‘His position is untenable one unless he means us to make a bonfire not just of Dilthey but Nietzsche and Heidegger too.’
- ‘They were in an untenable position and her lawyer didn't talk to Libby for a year.’
- ‘He accepted the agreement after he said his condition was untenable.’
- ‘Insiders have suggested that he is in an untenable position.’
- ‘Another common theme is the debunking of the fringe pseudosciences or other untenable positions.’
- ‘That is absolutely absurd and untenable and
- in our submission
- a serious deficiency.’
- ‘It sounds like an untenable situation
- but he remains upbeat.’
- ‘This is an untenable position to take and is fantasy politics.’
- ‘Clearly this is an untenable situation from our point of view.’
- ‘We tend to jump to untenable conclusions
- swayed by popular impressions or simple emotions.’
- ‘But now they have gone out on such precarious limbs their positions are clearly untenable.’
- ‘His stance just let the issue grow more out of control and brought his own status at the helm of the Spanish team to an almost untenable position.’
- ‘When confronted with this argument
- many leftists fall back on what seems an untenable position.’
- ‘He came along and he questioned the chair-man's future and that it could be made untenable.’
- ‘If this does not happen
- it could create an untenable situation and cause unjustifiable delays.’
- ‘The reason for its decline should be obvious: for most people the diet is simply untenable.’