Sentence examples for the untenable from inspiring English sources
adjective
Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position; unholdable, indefensible.
- The theory of cold fusion was untenable.
What will never ease hatred and violence is the untenable status quo.
As proof of the untenable future facing Sony's electronics, critics point to its televisions and smartphones.
"That would put us in the untenable position of trying to scuttle it".
All the indicators, prominent among them the untenable cost of fuel for airlines, are awful.
The untenable and indefensible situation for those in the private sector cannot last.
That now puts the government in the untenable position of implicitly endorsing the discriminatory policies of the Boy Scouts.
His insistence on perpetuating the untenable civil union arrangement hurts thousands of New Jersey couples and their families.
Where was the anger at the untenable situation in which they were placed by the sponsoring group?
That would put the administration in the untenable position of cutting off the Bank of China and the Bank of Japan.
School officials say it is primarily the new construction that is creating the untenable trend of overcrowding, not the children who attend P.S. 321 but live far away.
"This practice puts consumers in the untenable position of either paying twice for the same service or forgoing Internet access altogether".
