unsupportable
Britishadjective
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not able to be supported
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not able to be defended
unsupportable actions
Example Sentences
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These claims rely on unsupportable logic, but more importantly, they reveal a deeply troubling worldview.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2025
Jackson said in a Feb. 26 letter that using the more distant river gauge “is incorrect and unsupportable, and its consequent conclusion that the mine will have no impact on the swamp is also incorrect.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2023
For a mission then expected to only last 5 years, that was unsupportable in the view of some committee members.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 2, 2022
Could MPs who found him unsupportable six weeks ago find him acceptable now?
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2022
No other thought, no other consciousness, lingered in his mind; even the pain, the unsupportable white core of suffering in his brain, was dulled.
From Mountain Blood A Novel by Hergesheimer, Joseph
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