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Webster 1913 Edition
Indefensible
Inˊde-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, statement, etc.Men find that something can be said in favor of what, on the very proposal, they thought utterly
indefensible
. Burke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Indefensible
INDEFENS'IBLE
,Adj.
1.
That cannot be defended or maintained. A military post may be indefensible. A bad cause is indefensible.2.
Not to be vindicated or justified. An improper action or indecent expression is indefensible.