I think your theory isn't tenable.
Source: tatoeba (8976980)
Tenable
//ˈten.ə.bəl//
Synonyms for "tenable" (48 found)
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Antonyms
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1 entrieshas context
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8 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
23 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- защитим adj (of a theory, argument etc: capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded)
- удържим adj (of a defensive structure: capable of being defended)
- устойчив adj (of a defensive structure: capable of being defended)
Czech
3 entries- obhajitelný adj (of a theory, argument etc: capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded)
- udržitelný adj (of a theory, argument etc: capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded)
- udržitelný adj (of a defensive structure: capable of being defended)
Danish
1 entries- holdbar adj (of a theory, argument etc: capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded)
Dutch
1 entries- houdbaar adj (of a theory, argument etc: capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded)
Finnish
4 entries- kestävä adj (of a theory, argument etc: capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded)
- kestävä adj (of a defensive structure: capable of being defended)
- perusteltava adj (of a theory, argument etc: capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded)
- puolustettava adj (of a defensive structure: capable of being defended)
German
2 entries- haltbar adj (of a theory, argument etc: capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded)
- verteidigungsfähig adj (of a defensive structure: capable of being defended)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- holdbar adj (of a theory, argument etc: capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- haldbar adj (of a theory, argument etc: capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded)
Russian
1 entries- разу́мный adj (of a theory, argument etc: capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded)
Spanish
2 entries- defendible adj (of a defensive structure: capable of being defended)
- sostenible adj (of a theory, argument etc: capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded)
Swedish
1 entries- hållbar adj (of a theory, argument etc: capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded)
Turkish
1 entries- savunulabilir adj (of a defensive structure: capable of being defended)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
I think your theory's not tenable.
Source: tatoeba (8976981)
Your position isn't tenable.
Source: tatoeba (9764375)
Tom denies his position isn't tenable.
Source: tatoeba (11903173)
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