Meaning

3 senses
  1. Not defensible; not capable of being defended.

  2. (figuratively)Not capable of being justified or excused.

    incapable of being justified or explained

  3. Incapable of being explained.

    unvertretbar, unhaltbar

    (of theories etc.) incapable of being defended or justified

Examples

3 sentences
  1. They're hiding it from you because what they did is indefensible.

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  2. Israel's barbaric actions are indefensible.

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  3. You shouldn't defend the indefensible.

    deSie sollten nicht verteidigen, was nicht zu verteidigen ist!

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Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
incapable of being justified:

Forms

more indefensible, most indefensible
Comparativemore indefensible Lesson
Superlativemost indefensible Lesson

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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