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Discover LudwigThe word "Untenable" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to describe a situation or argument that cannot be defended or maintained. Example: "The company's financial practices became untenable, leading to its eventual collapse." Alternatives include "indefensible" or "unsustainable."
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Untenable
adjective
Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position; unholdable, indefensible.
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And even if you start a BBC career self-describing as working class, a few years later, outlook and circumstance can alter to a degree that renders the label untenable.
This is untenable; the new government must act swiftly to arrest this decline or risk a crisis in both health and social care.
Sure, there are cases where a manager's position has become untenable and a change has to be made, but from my experience and understanding, with a bit more effort from the club very few struggling relationships are irreparable.
"Therefore, it is with great regret and disappointment that I have formed the view that the events of the past few weeks places the centre in an untenable position as it lacks the support needed across the university and the broader academic community to meet its contractual obligations and deliver value for money for Australian taxpayers," he said.
UWA handed back the funding and dropped its connection with Lomborg, saying that lack of support among its academics made the centre untenable.
The FAI felt that Trapattoni's position had become untenable; that the players were no longer responding to his methods, which had brought qualified success during his tenure.
However, Brighton & Hove is hemmed in on one side by the sea and on the other by a national park, making dispersal solutions untenable.
The exchange was one of the key incidents in Carmody's falling out with his colleagues, which has led to his offer to resign to end an "untenable" situation.
But an ageing population means the demands on the NHS will soon be untenable.
People are leaving the countryside to the cities driven by poverty, the same way people leave poor countries to go to rich countries, simply because their situation is untenable," the Nigerien leader said.
He provided the government and Parliament with the flawed and untenable argument that war with Iraq was justified on the grounds that the UN Security Council had authorised the use of force.
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