Pacifism is an untenable ideology.
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Untenable
Synonyms for "untenable" (62 found)
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Antonyms
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1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- негоден за обитаване adj (unfit for habitation)
- несъстоятелен adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
Catalan
1 entries- insostenible adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 立場薄弱的 /立场薄弱的 adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
- 站不住腳的 /站不住脚的 adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
Czech
2 entries- neobyvatelný adj (unfit for habitation)
- neudržitelný adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
Danish
1 entries- uholdbar adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
Dutch
1 entries- onhoudbaar adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
Finnish
1 entries- kestämätön adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
French
2 entries- insoutenable adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
- intenable adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
Galician
1 entries- insostíbel adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
Georgian
2 entries- არშემდგარი adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
- შეუმდგარი adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
German
4 entries- unbewohnbar adj (unfit for habitation)
- unhaltbar adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
- unvertretbar adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
- unwirtlich adj (unfit for habitation)
Greek
1 entries- ακατοίκητος adj (unfit for habitation)
Hungarian
1 entries- tarthatatlan adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
Italian
2 entries- indifendibile adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
- insostenibile adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- uholdbar adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
Portuguese
1 entries- insustentável adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
Russian
1 entries- несостоя́тельный adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- neodrživ adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
Spanish
3 entries- indefendible adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
- inhabitable adj (unfit for habitation)
- insostenible adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
Swedish
2 entries- oförsvarlig adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
- ohållbar adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
Turkish
2 entries- müdafaası imkânsız adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
- savunulamaz adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
Ukrainian
1 entries- неспромо́жний adj (Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Our view is that such policies are untenable.
Source: tatoeba (6013207)
I think your theory's untenable.
Source: tatoeba (8976982)
I think your theory is untenable.
Source: tatoeba (8977030)
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