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Definition of Indefensible
Indefensible

Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained, vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable; as, an indefensible fortress, position, cause, etc.

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Indefensible Quotations

In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.
George Orwell

Respecting other people's cultures is well and good, but I draw the line at where some branches of Islam, what they do to women. It's indefensible.
Jello Biafra

You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.
Diane Abbott

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.
Rebecca West

It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because there is nothing to defend.
Kevin Eubanks

The Oxford manner is, alas, indefinable; I was going to say indefensible.
Robert Baldwin Ross

Indefensible Translations

indefensible in German is unhaltbar
indefensible in Norwegian is ikke kan forsvares, uholdbar
indefensible in Spanish is indefendible


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