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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Indefensible \In`de*fen"si*ble\, [Pref. in- not + defensible:
     cf. OF. indefensible, indefensable.]
     Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained,
     vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable; as, an
     indefensible fortress, position, cause, statement, etc.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Men find that something can be said in favor of what,
           on the very proposal, they thought utterly
           indefensible.                            --Burke.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Indefensible \In`de*fen"si*ble\, [Pref. in- not + defensible:
     cf. OF. indefensible, indefensable.]
     Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained,
     vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable; as, an
     indefensible fortress, position, cause, etc.
  
           Men find that something can be said in favor of what,
           on the very proposal, they thought utterly
           indefensible.                            --Burke.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  indefensible
       adj 1: (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified
              [syn: untenable]
       2: incapable of being justified or explained [syn: insupportable,
           unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  indefensible
     a.
     1 Not defensible; not capable of being defended
     2 Incapable of being justified or excused
     3 Incapable of being explained

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  indefensible
     a.
     1 Not defensible; not capable of being defended
     2 Incapable of being justified or excused
     3 Incapable of being explained

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  indefensible
     a.
     1 Not defensible; not capable of being defended
     2 Incapable of being justified or excused
     3 Incapable of being explained

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  indefensible
     a.
     1 Not defensible; not capable of being defended
     2 Incapable of being justified or excused
     3 Incapable of being explained

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Indefensible /ˌɪndɪfˈɛnsɪbəl/
  غير قابل للدفاع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  indefensible /ˌɪndɪfˈɛnsɪbəl/ 
  1. непростим
  incapable of being justified
  2. беззащитен, незащитен
  not capable of being defended

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  indefensible /ˌɪndɪfˈɛnsɪbəl/ 
  neudržitelný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  indefensible /ˌɪndɪfˈɛnsɪbəl/ 
  neomluvitelný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  indefensible /ˌɪndɪfˈɛnsɪbəl/ 
  neobhajitelný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  indefensible /ˌɪndɪfˈɛnsɪbəl/
  unentschuldbar

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  indefensible /ˌɪndɪfˈɛnsɪbəl/
  unhaltbar 
        "These allegations are simply indefensible."  - Diese Vorwürfe sind einfach unhaltbar.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  indefensible /ˌɪndɪfˈɛnsɪbəl/
  unvertretbar, nicht vertretbar
     Synonyms: unjustifiable, untenable
  
   see: defensible, tenable

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  indefensible /ˌɪndɪfˈɛnsɪbəl/ 
  1. mahdoton perustella, mahdoton puolustella
  incapable of being justified
  2. mahdoton puolustaa, puolustuskelvoton
  not capable of being defended

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  indefensible /ˌɪndɪfˈɛnsɪbəl/ 
  1. अरक्षणीय, असमर्थनीय
        "The government's attitude is morally indefensible."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]


  indefensible /ˌɪndɪfˈɛnsɪbəl/
  neobranjiv

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]


  indefensible /ˌɪndɪfˈɛnsɪbəl/ 
  1. oförsvarlig
  incapable of being justified
  2. försvarslös
  not capable of being defended

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  indefensible /ˌɪndɪfˈɛnsɪbəl/
  1. savunulamaz, savunmasız, müdafaasız
  2. korumasız, muhafazasız. indefensibil'ity  savunmasızlık. indefen'sibly  savunulamaz şe kilde.

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˌɪndɪˈfɛnsəbəɫ/

From IPA:es_ES : [ IPA:es_ES ]

/indefensiβle/

From IPA:es_MX : [ IPA:es_MX ]

/indefensiβle/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "indefensible":
     exceptionable, impossible, inadmissible, inexcusable, inexpiable,
     intolerable, irremissible, objectionable, unacceptable,
     unallowable, unconscionable, undesirable, unforgivable,
     unjustifiable, unpardonable, unreasonable, unsuitable, untenable,
     unwarrantable

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  a. 不能防卫的,无辩护余地的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     a. 不能防卫的,无辩护余地的

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