indefensibility
State beyond defending
Indefensibility is the quality of being impossible to defend or justify.
A position may have military indefensibility—the indefensibility of the valley made retreat inevitable—or moral indefensibility: The indefensibility of his actions was obvious to everyone but him.
Impossible to maintain
- unsupportableImpossible to maintain logically
- illogicalContrary to valid reasoning
- irrationalLacking sound judgment
- unreasonableNot guided by reason
unsound · invalid · fallacious · specious · unfounded · baseless · groundless · unsubstantiated
Open to attack
- exposedOut in open
- unfortifiedLacking military defenses
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- unshieldedLacking protective barrier
assailable · attackable · unguarded · open · precarious · untenable · overextended · surrounded
Impossible to justify
- unjustifiableCannot be reasonably defended
- unforgivableCannot be pardoned
- unpardonableImpossible to excuse
- unconscionableMorally unacceptable, beyond reason
reprehensible · unwarranted · unjust · outrageous · unethical · immoral · wrongful · shameful
untenable
Impossible to maintain
- unsupportableImpossible to maintain logically
- illogicalContrary to valid reasoning
- irrationalLacking sound judgment
unreasonable · unsound · invalid · fallacious · specious · unfounded · baseless · groundless · unsubstantiated · unsupported
vulnerable
Open to attack
- exposedOut in open
- unfortifiedLacking military defenses
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
unshielded · assailable · attackable · unguarded · open · precarious · untenable · overextended · surrounded · breachable
inexcusable
Impossible to justify
- unjustifiableCannot be reasonably defended
- unforgivableCannot be pardoned
- unpardonableImpossible to excuse
unconscionable · reprehensible · unwarranted · unjust · outrageous · unethical · immoral · wrongful · shameful · deplorable
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Capacity to withstand attack
justifiability · excusability · tenability · legitimacy · reasonableness
indefensibilitydefensibility
Capacity to withstand attack
impregnability · invulnerability · security · impenetrability · strategic advantage
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