untenability
Impossible to maintain
Untenability is the quality of being impossible to defend or maintain.
A position's untenability becomes clear when arguments against it prove overwhelming: The untenability of his stance forced a reversal.
The word appears most often in discussions of logical arguments, military positions, or political stances that cannot be sustained.
Cannot be reasonably defended
- baselessLacking factual support
- groundlessLacking factual support
- unwarrantedWithout adequate justification
- unsupportedLacking backing or proof
unsubstantiated · unfounded · illegitimate · weak · precarious · tenuous · questionable · inexcusable
Wildly illogical
- contradictoryLogically opposed to itself
- fallaciousContaining faulty reasoning
- irrationalLacking sound judgment
- nonsensicalWithout coherent meaning
paradoxical · incoherent · unsound · flawed · incongruent · self-defeating · circular · specious
Inability to continue indefinitely
- depletionReduction of supply
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- overconsumptionExcessive use of resources
- overextensionExceeding sustainable capacity
collapse · deterioration · erosion · degradation · instability · precariousness · fragility · vulnerability
Impossible to execute
- impracticableImpossible to implement
- unrealizableImpossible to achieve
- unachievableCannot be accomplished
- unviableIncapable of succeeding
undoable · impractical · nonviable · unfeasible · unrealistic · impossible · unimplementable · inoperable
unjustifiable
Cannot be reasonably defended
- baselessLacking factual support
- groundlessLacking factual support
- unwarrantedWithout adequate justification
unsupported · unsubstantiated · unfounded · illegitimate · weak · precarious · tenuous · questionable · inexcusable · unsustainable
absurd
Wildly illogical
- contradictoryLogically opposed to itself
- fallaciousContaining faulty reasoning
- irrationalLacking sound judgment
nonsensical · paradoxical · incoherent · unsound · flawed · incongruent · self-defeating · circular · specious · spurious
unsustainability
Inability to continue indefinitely
- depletionReduction of supply
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- overconsumptionExcessive use of resources
overextension · collapse · deterioration · erosion · degradation · instability · precariousness · fragility · vulnerability · breakdown
unworkable
Impossible to execute
- impracticableImpossible to implement
- unrealizableImpossible to achieve
- unachievableCannot be accomplished
unviable · undoable · impractical · nonviable · unfeasible · unrealistic · impossible · unimplementable · inoperable · dysfunctional
- unbelievableunbelievable, incredible, inconceivable, implausible, unthinkable
untenabilitytenability
Capacity to withstand criticism
defensibility · soundness · validity · justifiability · cogency
untenabilitysustainability
Capacity to endure indefinitely
viability · tenability · maintainability · durability · workability
contain, maintain, content, maintenance, tenacity, tenacious, detention, abstain, retention