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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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}]
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