untenable

CEFRC1

/əˈntɛnəbəl/

adjective

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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The theory of cold fusion was untenable.
The rumors about Anderson nevertheless placed Glasgow in an untenable social position, for close friends either suspected or knew of their engagement.
They are seeking to escape from the unpleasant implications of an untenable status dilemma. They desire but cannot afford a prestigious social status.

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They are seeking to escape from the unpleasant implications of an untenable status dilemma. They desire but cannot afford a prestigious social status.
1970, Gary Schwartz, Sect Ideologies and Social Status, page 219
The rumors about Anderson nevertheless placed Glasgow in an untenable social position, for close friends either suspected or knew of their engagement.
1998, Susan Goodman, Ellen Glasgow: a biography, page 149
The modern family would be an artificial and untenable social structure in this early period, just as the clan appears to be an artificial institution in our own society.
2012, Heather A. Brown, Marx on Gender and the Family: A Critical Study, page 183
Celebrating him [Robert E. Lee] in the time of George Floyd became, at last, untenable.
2021 October 26, Peter Baker, “The Case Against Winston Churchill”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
He describes the untenable position of the railways' finances reasonably dispassionately. From 1952 onwards, British Railways ran an operational deficit, and in 1961 made an annual loss of £86.9 million.
2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 44

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From un- + tenable.