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Untenable

/əˈntɛnəbəl/
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(adj) Not able to be held or sustained, such as of an opinion or position.

Pacifism is an untenable ideology.
Our view is that such policies are untenable.
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His position in the company became ____ after it was revealed that he had been sharing secrets with a rival group today.

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