Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for UN-TEN'A-BLE
UN-TEMPT'ING-LYUN-TEN'ANT-A-BLE
UN-TEN'A-BLE, a.
- Not tenable; that can not be held in possession; as, an untenable post or fort. Dryden. Clarendon.
- That can not be maintained or supported; not defensible; as, an untenable doctrine; untenable ground in argument.
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