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English Dictionary: indefensible	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indefensible adj (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified Synonym(s): indefensible, untenable not able to be protected against attack incapable of being justified or explained Synonym(s): indefensible, insupportable, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Indefensible \In`defen"sible\, [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.