Tenable

Definition

tenable /'tenǝbl/ adj ၁။ ယုတၱိတန္ေသာ။ ယုတၱိရိွေသာ။ a tenable position ❍ The view that the earth is flat is no longer tenable. Compare UNTENABLE ၂။ ~ (for…) ရာထူးခန္႔ႏိုင္ေသာ (ကာလ)။ The lectureship is tenable for a period of three years.

Examples

1. ‘Mary's defence of mental disability was one that was tenable at law
2. if the evidence supported it.’
3. ‘It was obvious that the deal was no longer tenable.’
4. ‘Arguments and sentiments used in the past to justify wars are no more tenable.’
5. ‘This position is
6. I believe
7. no longer tenable.’
8. ‘The question is genuinely debatable
9. with tenable argument supporting each side.’
10. ‘He rejected it emotionally
11. but he did not advance a single tenable argument.’
12. ‘I have not found that defense to be tenable.’
13. ‘It is no longer tenable to ignore substance abuse.’
14. ‘It is tenable to object to embryo research on ethical grounds.’
15. ‘I believe that over time that policy is going to change
16. because it's simply not tenable.’
17. ‘The facts simply do not make out a tenable cause of action against this defendant.’
18. ‘In my view
19. these grounds of objection are not legally tenable.’
20. ‘The belief in the dignity and nobility of man no longer seemed tenable to most intellectuals.’
21. ‘Coming up with a tenable power-sharing agreement will be difficult and time-consuming.’
22. ‘People eventually ended up opposing the war simply because the reasons for it became less and less tenable over time.’
23. ‘But in a globalized economy
24. old-fashioned isolationism just isn't tenable.’
25. ‘Though perhaps justified in the past
26. this worry is no longer tenable.’
27. ‘I've got to find a more tenable compromise.’
28. ‘In the future
29. the U.S. must fix goals which are tenable.’
30. ‘Some say this understanding is no longer tenable.’