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

  1. ‘Such work by judges creates absolutely untenable working conditions for police officers.’
  2. ‘The meeting unanimously agreed that the current situation at the hospital was untenable.’
  3. ‘The average person
  4. a parent in particular
  5. is being subjected to an untenable level of stress.’
  6. ‘He's been put in an untenable position and his future in the ruling coalition is being debated openly.’
  7. ‘His position is untenable one unless he means us to make a bonfire not just of Dilthey but Nietzsche and Heidegger too.’
  8. ‘They were in an untenable position and her lawyer didn't talk to Libby for a year.’
  9. ‘He accepted the agreement after he said his condition was untenable.’
  10. ‘Insiders have suggested that he is in an untenable position.’
  11. ‘Another common theme is the debunking of the fringe pseudosciences or other untenable positions.’
  12. ‘That is absolutely absurd and untenable and
  13. in our submission
  14. a serious deficiency.’
  15. ‘It sounds like an untenable situation
  16. but he remains upbeat.’
  17. ‘This is an untenable position to take and is fantasy politics.’
  18. ‘Clearly this is an untenable situation from our point of view.’
  19. ‘We tend to jump to untenable conclusions
  20. swayed by popular impressions or simple emotions.’
  21. ‘But now they have gone out on such precarious limbs their positions are clearly untenable.’
  22. ‘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.’
  23. ‘When confronted with this argument
  24. many leftists fall back on what seems an untenable position.’
  25. ‘He came along and he questioned the chair-man's future and that it could be made untenable.’
  26. ‘If this does not happen
  27. it could create an untenable situation and cause unjustifiable delays.’
  28. ‘The reason for its decline should be obvious: for most people the diet is simply untenable.’