The phrase "almost untenable" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or argument that is nearly impossible to maintain or defend.
Example: "The evidence presented was so weak that the defendant's position became almost untenable in the eyes of the jury."
Alternatives: "nearly unsustainable" or "practically indefensible."
Chamberlain won that Commons vote, but enough of his usual supporters switched sides or abstained to make his position almost untenable.
While a children's theater seemed an almost untenable proposition, the board was intrigued at the possibility of filling a cultural void.
"As we suggested last week, Hildebrand's position was almost untenable, and so it has proved," said Tony Nyman of Informa Global Markets.
With Johnson Zhongxin Li, a 9-year-old pianist of striking technical prowess and an almost untenable maturity, Mr. Lang played Beethoven's Piano Sonata in D for four hands with an appropriately prim energy.
John Whittingdale, the Tory chair of the culture media and sport select committee, said Blatter's position was "almost untenable" and called for a "urgent and full transparent investigation to establish the facts".
Recent evidence suggests that managers are finding the role almost untenable as the complexity of their job grows and they face an external regulatory system increasingly adversarial and critical.
This left her in the odd and almost certainly untenable position of advocating a minimal state financed voluntarily.
To raise the awkward level even further, Heidel is the one behind Schalke's attempt to sign Weinzierl, which makes Heldt's position almost as untenable as Breitenreiter's.
A broad measure of economic sentiment, which had improved in line with the GDP data last year, has plunged this spring, suggesting that the recession will deepen (see chart).The position of Greek banks is almost as untenable as the government's; it is a moot point which will buckle first.
"If you are a one-person owner-operator, the pressure these days can almost become untenable".
Simply counting the logical theorems facilitated is untenable: almost any axiomatic system would facilitate an infinite number.
